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A Pure Heart

By Shirley Mozena|2023-12-29T07:44:18-08:00December 29th, 2023|Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, prayer, Spiritual Reflections|

He doesn't yell at us. He doesn't withhold mercy. He simply asks us to recognize our wrongs and confess them. And then he forgives.

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I Will be With You

By Shirley Mozena|2023-12-26T11:34:48-08:00December 22nd, 2023|Christmas, Christmas Carol, Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, Marriage, Remarriage, Spiritual Reflections|

I heard the words when I was deep in grief to "lean into the grief", to let the sorrow envelope you like the waves of the ocean. Work with it, and you will move through it. You will be stronger for it.

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Coming soon…

By Shirley Mozena|2023-12-11T18:22:27-08:00December 11th, 2023|Hope and Joy, Remarriage|

We are celebrating our tenth anniversary and today, are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I will send a very special blog on Monday, December 18. I look forward to your comments. Until then, please know I am grateful to each of you who read my blog. You bless me with your comments. Warmly, [...]

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Master of Timing

By Shirley Mozena|2023-12-08T07:45:52-08:00December 8th, 2023|Friendship, Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, Marriage, Remarriage, Spiritual Reflections|

“God is a master of timing” ~ Chris Tiegreen We’re on a cruise to celebrate our tenth anniversary. Mister and Misses Our first year was full of travel: Whistler, Canada. Victoria.Disney World with family. Aunt and uncle, and cousins in Nebraska. Washington DC, taking a train north to Niagara Falls, on to Toronto, [...]

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Take Delight

By Shirley Mozena|2023-12-01T05:57:50-08:00December 1st, 2023|family, Hope and Joy, Spiritual Reflections|

As we think about the coming of the promised Messiah this Christmas season, I’m going to focus on delighting in the Lord.

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Newsletter from Shirley–November, 2023

By Shirley Mozena|2023-11-17T06:05:55-08:00November 17th, 2023|Autumn thoughts, family, Hope and Joy, Newsletter from Shirley, Patriotism, Spiritual Reflections, Thanksgiving memories|

May you and yours enjoy this coming Thanksgiving day with good food, great conversation, and most of all, remembering Who provides us all things, our heavenly Father.

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Compassion

By Shirley Mozena|2023-11-10T10:09:09-08:00November 10th, 2023|Children, family, Fear, Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, Spiritual Reflections|

She slammed the door. I screamed in agony as I looked at four distinct dents in my fingers. Pain exploded like fireworks on the fourth of July. I

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Teach Them

By Shirley Mozena|2023-11-03T08:04:57-07:00November 3rd, 2023|Children, Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, prayer, Spiritual Reflections|

I always looked forward to Sunday School and Vacation Bible School was a bonus. It didn’t matter that our classrooms were tiny basement rooms with little or no decoration. I loved Bible stories and singing songs about how much Jesus loved me.

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