Jesus' Mother Leads by Example
Luke 1:30-33 “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son,...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
Finding True Rest
Last December the women in our family had a special day of pulling aside to slow down before Christmas to relax and enjoy time together....
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Accepting the Seasons
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Sep 13, 2022
- 4 min
God is in the Details
“Give all your worries and cares to God for He cares about you.” I Peter 5:7 (NLT) Longer passages that support the truth that God cares...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
Blessing: An Interference by God in our Lives
I remember as a child sitting in a special church session listening to a Greek-American Bible scholar and author named Spiros Zodhiates....
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Aug 30, 2022
- 4 min
The Rains Came Down
Back in June we had day after day of sunshine and warm weather here in the Mat-Su Valley. We Alaskans were almost overwhelmed by it after...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Aug 24, 2022
- 5 min
Doing All the Things
(The following story and photo are shared with permission from my daughter and her husband) “I can do all things through Christ who...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
Fear vs. My Faith
My family has joked about me needing a babysitter when no one else is going to be home overnight. The truth is, I have needed the...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Aug 11, 2022
- 5 min
Known and loved by God in the Womb and Beyond
Psalm 139: 13-18 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
Overlooking Small Offenses
Proverbs 19:11 “A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense” --------------- Proverbs 17:9 Whoever...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 26, 2022
- 5 min
Forgive and Remember
It’s not possible to “forgive and forget”. The intent of the saying might be better stated as follows: “once you choose to forgive, don’t...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
He Knows Me by Name
There has been so much talk in the past few days about names and changing names of long-time events here in the Valley. It’s been a big...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Reality of Evil
In celebrating our freedom this past 4th of July we were reminded of the oppression of evil that can infiltrate our current experience....
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Who is God? NOT ME!
Who is God? NOT ME! In 1985, I was 22 (for my era readers, cue the Jackson Brown song: “Runnin’ on Empty”). I had just tossed my college...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
The Simple Truth
The Simple Truth By the time our days have ended, each of us will either reconcile what has caused our separation from God, our creator...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
The Power of Encouragement
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Psalm 23, Jersey Shore Style
Psalm 23 “The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Our Varied Responses to Jesus Christ
Our Varied Responses to Jesus Christ During the Triumphal Entry of Jesus, on the Monday before Passover in A.D. 33 (estimated year), as...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Monitoring the Heart
Monitoring the Heart In order to be cleared for surgery I had to have a pre-op appointment by a cardiologist. Several tests have been...
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The Steadfast Butterfly
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
Hospitality with a purpose
In my childhood years I grew up in a home that was designed with entertaining in mind…both inside and out. The pool area had a fully...
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The Steadfast Butterfly by Kim Ford
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