Autumn is officially here with its cooler temperatures and leaves changing color. For many, fall is their favorite season, a sentiment I don’t share. I never liked fall because it meant winter …
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Diane Houghtaling | Hope Ministries
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9/30/22
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I read a story about an artist who was commissioned to paint a mural showing the life of Christ in a Sicilian cathedral. He used a twelve-year-old boy with an innocent face as a model for Jesus. …
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Diane Houghtaling
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9/16/22
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Have you been waiting for something for a long time? Or at least it feels like a long time? Have your prayers remained unanswered, or so it seems? Are you growing weary of it all, wishing something …
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Diane Houghtaling
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8/19/22
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Even though I didn’t get many wild strawberries this year, God blessed me with an abundance of blueberries. A friend invited me to travel to a pick-your-own blueberry farm, and we enjoyed a few …
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Diane Houghtaling
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8/5/22
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Have you ever reached your limit and said, “That’s it. I’m done. I cannot go another step?” We’ve all been there, probably in many different areas of our lives. We see …
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Diane Houghtaling
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7/22/22
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One of my favorite places to walk is up a road through a wooded area with a brook running alongside it. It’s a bit of a steep walk, but the beauty of the surroundings keeps me trudging along, …
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Diane Houghtaling
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7/8/22
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Some years ago I discovered a patch of wild strawberries at the far end of our field. Each year I look forward to picking and eating the tiny sweet treats on my birthday. When I checked the plants …
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Diane Houghtaling
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6/24/22
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Exodus chapters 13 and 14 tell the story of Israel’s deliverance from the slavery and bondage they knew in Egypt.
God had brought ten plagues upon the land of Egypt, and finally …
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Diane Houghtaling
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6/10/22
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If you are a craftsman of any sort, you have undoubtedly experienced a time when you made a slip and cried out, “Oh no! I’ve ruined it!” Whether you were working with pottery or …
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Diane Houghtaling • Hope Ministries
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5/27/22
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Every caterpillar spends his early life crawling on the ground, existing in low-life living, all the while knowing that hidden deep within is a beautiful creature that is meant to soar and fly and …
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Diane Houghtaling
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5/13/22
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When we first meet Peter, he is a hardened fisherman. Not the Sunday afternoon relaxing by the lake with a rod and reel fisherman, but a work all night letting down the nets into the sea and …
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Diane Houghtaling
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4/29/22
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A common complaint of school children who are reluctant to learn something is, “When will I ever use this in the future?”. It has been my experience that God prepares us for future plans …
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Diane Houghtaling
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4/1/22
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