Dick Ivey

THANK YOU, LORD!

Dear God, my Father, thank you for being with me in every transition and change. As I enter into this new era in our world with all the excitement and even some of the anxiety about where our world is headed, I recall your deep compassion, presence, and abounding love over time when Your people

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The day after…

So, now what? Christmas Day…done. Gifts exchanged. You ate too much. Trash cans are full of boxes, wrapping paper, the little wire ties designed to frustrate those who unwrap toys, leftovers crowd the refrigerators. Did you do something for someone other than your own family this Christmas? Did you have some unexpected grief this year?

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Be Still and Know…

Father God, You have called me to be still before You, to rest in Your love as we come down from celebrating Your Incarnation. I am so grateful as we come down from Christmas, You are not only at my side every moment of the day, not just as a baby, but dwelling deep within

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Mary Did You Know?

Dear Heavenly Father, I hope I never lose the sense of awe at what took place on that first Christmas morning when You, the eternal Son of God Himself was born into the human race as the perfect Son of Man, and was clothed in a Body of a little baby boy, a body You

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