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Break Out

Here in Montreal, winter can overwhelm the soul.  Day after day of grey skies, cold temps and snowbanks piled past windows can drain the soul.

Last week, one day, the skies cleared.  Like a filly bolting her gates, when I saw the sunshine poking through my window, I bundled protesting teens into our minivan, promising adventure. Road Trip.

We drove north, hoping to find a forest trail, despite…

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Kings, Snakes and Crossing Over

Snakes have been a phobia of mine for most of my life.  When I was little, one of my brothers tried to put a Garter snake down my shirt, and since then, my terror of snakes has been non-negotiable.

Here in Montreal, Canada snakes are rare, for which I shout a great big Amen!  Pantanal, Brazil hosts so many anacondas that its become a snake loving tourist hotspot. I would lose my mind living in…

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Selah

Since Jan 1, 2010, I have been framing reflections from Genesis to Revelation through the window of my heart wih Love Come Down. For this summer season, I am laying down my pen to seek my King, to tend to my family and to wait in expectation for Love to come down to us all.

Thank you for being part of the journey. 

Blogging is a spectator sport. Viewers show up, read the latest, and head out…

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Love Came Down in Power/L'amour est arrivée avec puissance

Love Came Down in Power/L’amour est arrivée avec��puissance

This Week’s Reading: Exodus 10 – 20

When Moses and Aaron teamed up with Almighty God and returned to Egypt, history changed forever for all Israelites and Egyptians.  Pharaoh, as ultimate authority in Egypt, forbid the Hebrew slaves from leaving. Moses, by God’s authority, released plagues of judgement, a heavenly smack down to clearly prove that a) God is alive b) God was not Egyptian and would…

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Love Came Down to our Cry/L'amour est arrivé à notre crie

Love Came Down to our Cry/L’amour est arrivé à notre crie

  This week’s Reading: Genesis 48 – Exodus 9

With our God, timing is everything.

In the First Chapter of Exodus, the Bible says the Israelites multiplied exceedingly and abundantly, in fact swarmed the land with much abundance. In that one verse, the bible mentions abundance eight times:

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding…

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Love Came Near

This Week’s Reading: Genesis 39-47 Have you ever been treated as the favorite in your family or at work or school? Have you enjoyed favor and then suffered the inevitable jealousy it causes? Joseph could truly relate to your story. When Joseph was born, Jacob bypassed his boys and reached for him above all, as the true heir, the beloved child born in his old age by his highly favored wife, Rachel…

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Love Came Down with Blessing

Love Came Down with Blessing

This Week’s Reading:  Genesis 27 to 37

Isaac: My son.

Esau:  Yes, Dad?

Isaac:  Esau, I am old.  I do not know the day of my death. Now, please take your weapons and go out to the field and hunt game for me. And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die. (Genesis 27: 1-4)

Esau:  Sure, Dad.  Happy to.  (Out he heads.)

(Rebeka…

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Love Came Down with Providence/L'amour arriva avec la providence

Love Came Down with Providence/L’amour arriva avec la providence

This Week’s Reading: Genesis 16 – 27

Abraham lived an incredible life of God’s providence.  When he arrived to Canaan, God had blessed Abraham with a promise:

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be…

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Love Came Down with Providence/L'amour est arrivé avec Providence

Love Came Down with Providence/L’amour est arrivé avec Providence

This Week’s Reading: Genesis 16 – 27

Abraham lived an incredible life of God’s providence.  When he arrived to Canaan, God had blessed Abraham with a promise:

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be…

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Love Came Down to the Generations

Love Came Down to the Generations

This Week’s Scripture Passage: Genesis 3-15 Here is the second Bible Study of our twenty-two month Journey through the Bible. There are study questions which follow at the end of  each the lesson for group study or personal growth. So glad you have joined us on this adventure of encountering the God of Love through His Word. Tell all your friends! The more, the merrier! Jenny

A few summers ago,…

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In the Beginning, Love Came Down

In the Beginning, Love Came Down

Hi friends!  Each Wednesday, Love Came Down Bible Study will be posted for those of you who wish to make that journey through the Bible and encounter Love in Person.  Just post answers or comments in the comment section or meet online at our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/LoveCameDownBibleJourney

 So glad you have joined us on this adventure of encountering God in His Word from Genesis to…

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Glory Stories on EasterMonday

Glory Stories on EasterMonday

On January 1st this year, our family was planning to join our church community, Emmanuel Montreal, to pray in the New Year.  Instead, a snowstorm, my husband working nights and beloved company rerouted our plans.  We found ourselves gathered around the kitchen table, with munchies, markers and blank sheets of paper, as we bravely doodled Father’s dreams for us in 2017.

Remarkably, Love Came Down.

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Love Came Down from Heaven to Earth/L'amour est descendu du ciel à la terre

Love Came Down from Heaven to Earth/L’amour est descendu du ciel à la terre

Happy Easter!  May the the Lord’s Spring Season refresh and restore you this season!

If you are new to the blog, welcome!

If you have been participating in our Journey Through the Bible, thank you for your company these past 28 months, as together we have encountered Love Himself through the Scriptures. Here is the last post of Love Come Down, a 28 month walk through the Bible.

Thank you so much…

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Love Came Down to be Celebrated/L'amour est arrivé pour être célébré

Love Came Down to be Celebrated/L’amour est arrivé pour être célébré

Worship in the book of Revelations is more than a service; it is an ongoing day and night adoration of God Almighty.

In Revelations 4, Apostle John is caught up by the Spirit into a heavenly scene of epic worship. Four living creatures, covered top to bottom in eyes, worship day and night declaring “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” (4:8).

Twenty-four elders…

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Love Came Down with The Christ of Fire/L'amour est arrivé avec le Christ du Feu

Love Came Down with The Christ of Fire/L’amour est arrivé avec le Christ du Feu

Apostle John endured great hardship as a disciple and suffered brutal persecution as a Christian leader.  Throughout his life, Apostle John identified himself as the one whom the Lord loved (John 19:26, 20:2, 21:7 and 21:20).  Of all the disciples, John alone stood at the cross and supported Mary as his own mother at Jesus’ request.  John wrote the Gospel of John, the Letters of John and…

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Love Came Down with the Truth that We are His/L'amour est venu avec la vérité que nous sommes son

Love Came Down with the Truth that We are His/L’amour est venu avec la vérité que nous sommes son

The Apostle John, long in his journey, plainly declared that he was writing his letters that we might not sin.  The Greek word for sin, harmartano, means to miss the mark.  Now if you are flinging arrows in target practice, missing the bull’s eye isn’t a big deal.  If you are a sniper, missing the mark could be catastrophic.  This week, a strategic bullet hit the mark; a British guard fired and…

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Love Came Down in Wisdom/L'amour arrive avec sagesse

Love Came Down in Wisdom/L’amour arrive avec sagesse

As a follower of Jesus Christ, when you find yourself facing trials of every size and variety, don’t be surprised. Since Adam & Eve said “yes” to desire and “no” to God, humanity has struggled. Christians are no exception but thankfully, our faith in trials reaps fruit found nowhere else. James, co-leader of the Church, lived in a season of unlimited outpouring by the Holy Spirit, marked by…