Tag Archives: trust

Here’s the Recipe for Perfect Peace

Posted on July 27, 2025 by mitchteemley

There’s a wise and ancient recipe: Desire nothing and you shall have peace Wise, yes But incomplete Here’s how to complete it: Desire nothing but God and you shall have perfect peace θ Tomorrow, Monday morning at 8:00 a.m., I’m … Continue reading →

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Love is Easy, Relationships are Hard

Posted on July 22, 2025 by mitchteemley

Photo by Rob de Winter My Real Memoir I was more cautious with Dinah than I’d been with previous relationships. If a relationship was even what this was. The words to the pop song “Trying to Get the Feeling Again” … Continue reading →

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How Extraordinary Is Our God

Posted on April 6, 2025 by mitchteemley

I prayed for guidance this morning, adding my usual, “Lord, you know I can’t do this without you.” Then I remembered the part I usually forget, “But with you, I can’t fail.” ~AΩ~

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Set Aside Your Fears and Walk!

Posted on March 16, 2025 by mitchteemley

Moonrise over the Sea of Galilee, the same body of water upon which Jesus called Peter to do the impossible, to set aside his fears and walk. ≅

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No Matter What Others May Intend

Posted on January 19, 2025 by mitchteemley

Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. He was tempted to give in to despair. (Who wouldn’t be?) But he chose instead to trust the God he knew would never abandon him. Divine irony: Two decades later his brothers came to Egypt in the midst of … Continue reading →

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Few Things Are Harder

Posted on August 24, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Few things are harder than regaining the trust of someone who believes you’ve betrayed them.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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What We Are

Posted on June 15, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Ultimately, it’s what we are that matters. And what we are comes down to whose we are.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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The Road Ahead

Posted on January 28, 2024 by mitchteemley

May your closest companion now and always be the One who made the road. ∞

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A Little Help, Please?

Posted on November 15, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Kara Luker of where waves grow sweet. Kara is my friend (only online, but we are friends nevertheless). And in knowing her I’ve come to know a wise and loving human being who has journeyed … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago Today

Posted on October 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

A Filmmaker’s Journal Ten years ago, my life changed. I’d been trying “forever” to make movies, believing it was something God had called me to do. But I simply didn’t have the funds. So I got a bunch of talented … Continue reading →

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