My Plan for This Writing Blog

My Plan for This Writing Blog

I'm the type of jack-of-all-trades writer. Or, maybe you might say I am an eclectic writer. I write a little of this and that and sometimes a whole lot more this than that.

I write fiction.

I write non-fiction.

I write about times of sunshine and times of storm, sunrises and sunsets, joy and tears.

Of fiction, I write contemporary, fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, romance, inspirational, cozy mystery, suspense, drama, saga, etc.

Of non-fiction, I journal and write memoir or life story. I write about how to journal, write memoir or life story. I write devotionals and Bible studies as well. I write inspirational pieces, stuff on prayer and other spiritual disciplines, and about grief and loss. Marriage is another topic I write about and so is dealing with infertility, rape, and divorce. I also write about politics, religion, the military, and freedom. I'll even share my life story with you and my secret family recipes. I also have it as my goal to read 250 (or more) classics in the next several years. I also write about my family tree and how we've been in the USA since 1607--and how I can trace my tree of direct ancestors to Nero, Charlemagne, and Joseph of Arimathea.

This blog is all of this and more. It's meant to be a collection of all of my writing. Period. This and that. Etc. Etc. Etc.

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease 2011-2014.)

Prayer Journal and Bible Study August 01, 2014, Friday, 831 a.m.

Prayer Journal and Bible Study August 01, 2014, Friday, 831 a.m.

I cannot believe it's August already. It seems like it should still be early June. Wow, time flies. I also can't believe it's Friday. (Woo-hoo!)

BIBLEGATEWAY.COM VERSE OF THE DAY
Psalm 119:114 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
114 You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.
-- New American Standard Bible (NASB). Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.

Amen! I will look at the verse throughout my day today and hold it close to my heart and keep it in my mind.

///// SOAP Bible Study Template
/// SCRIPTURE /// OBSERVATION /// APPLICATION /// PRAYER

///// SOAP Bible Study /// SCRIPTURE // James 1:17 Expanded Bible (EXB). / 17 Every good ·action [or act of giving] and every perfect gift ·is from God [L comes from above]. These good gifts come down from the ·Creator of the sun, moon, and stars [L the father of lights; C referring to God's creation of the heavenly bodies (Gen. 1:14–19; Ps. 136:7–9; Jer. 31:35)], who does not change like their shifting shadows. -- Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved. /// OBSERVATION // Every blessing God gives me is a gift. Each time I see His glory and His work, every answer to prayer, every time He shows Himself to me is a blessing and gift. The question, is how many gifts do I accept from Him? How many do I collect and not miss through the selfish busyness of my day? / God never changes. Never. I do. The question is do I change to draw closer to Him or to my self and my selfish desires? /// APPLICATION--look around to see God at work and how He shows Himself in my life, through my life, around my life, and in and through others. /// PRAYER / Lord, help me to live and remember this verse. To You be the glory. More of You. Less of me.

--Stacy Duplease
http://RYPStories.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC 2009-2014.)

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This is my main writing, reading, and journaling blog. Hence, RYP Stories (Remembering Your Present Stories).

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SOAP Bible Study on July 29, 2014, Tuesday, 652 a.m.

///// SOAP Bible Study on July 29, 2014, Tuesday, 652 a.m. //// Psalm 119:93 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) / 93 I will never forget Your precepts, / for You have given me life through them. / -- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved. / This is the http://BibleGateway.com verse of the day. / Lord, help me to remember this verse, Psalm 119:93 and help me to live it and apply it to my life. //// MY PASSAGE OF THE DAY: / James 1:2-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) / 2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. / --Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved. /// SCRIPTURE: // Thoroughly learn with magnitude and number how delightful and with gladness whenever refining is experienced in my life. = a new way to phrase James 1:2. // How can thoroughly learn with magnitude to find delight in times of refining? It's because of James 1:3. I need to constantly know how when many faith is tested, I learn endurance. // What does 'know' mean in the New Testament Greek? / The definition of KNOW can be found here: http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=1579. It means to recognize, thoroughly understand, take in knowledge, see, be aware, thoroughly perceive, etc. // James 1:3 I will continually know, be fully aware, and thoroughly understand how when my faith is tested, endurance is the result in my life. // But... However... The catch is endurance must do it's complete work... / What is endurance? / What is complete? / What is work? / Endure is... http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=889. Endure is to abide in, ??? (Had to stop. Will continue later.) /// Met with friend for breakfast. /// OBSERVATION /// APPLICATION /// PRAYER

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC 2011-2014.)

Journal July 28, 2014, Monday, 1202 p.m.

///// Journal July 28, 2014, Monday, 1202 p.m. //// I'm at one of our favorite diners. Going to meet B, my hubby. What a nice surprise. /// As I drove here, I kept praying about what You, Lord, wanted me to write, and I heard, "Write your story, which is our story. It isn't just your story or Mine. It's ours." / Lord, is really what I heard? Is this what You want me to write? Did I hear this correctly? / I also heard, "Write how you got here and how it's made you who you are." Is this correct, Lord? / How'd I Get Here and Who Am I? //// If I were to write my life story, what would it be called? / Huh. Good question. / “Life's Storms Bring New Growth (My Life Story)” / Huh. I really like that. //// Every day has its storms and sunshine, which brings about new growth. The question is whether it will be abundant or stunted growth. Do we stop and acknowledge this or just keep hurrying through life, just getting by? Will we realize how each moment of every day is a blessing or will we choose to view it as a curse? Will we acknowledge the necessity of growth or ignore this fundamental? Growth is essential. If we fail to grow, we fail to mature. If we fail to mature, we remain stagnate, as we are and where we are. // Every storm is a blessing. // Everything I just mentioned is something I learned early in life. I knew this was true. Life, and my dad, taught me this was true. My application of this is what has strengthened and waned over time, though. Sometimes I’ve been more successful with living this out than at other times, granted, but it is always my goal to try to live intentionally and live out these principles.

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC 2014.)

SOAP Bible Study Template and Personal Prayer Journal on July 28, 2014, Monday, 650 a.m.

///// SOAP Bible Study Template and Personal Prayer Journal on July 28, 2014, Monday, 650 a.m. //// James 1:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) /"1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: / To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. / Greetings. / 2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." / -- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) / Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved. /// SCRIPTURE / James 1:2 Consider. / Consider it, be aware, and learn thoroughly how it is a great joy whenever I experience different kinds of trials. /// OBSERVATION / What does consider mean in NT Greek? {Here is where to find definition of CONSIDER: http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=549 } / Consider means: See, be aware, learn thoroughly. Read that last part again. Thoroughly. // Side-Note: This is my hang up with most Bible studies and my Read 250 Classics. Speed shouldn't be the focus. Thoroughness should be. // In regard to thoroughness and Read 250 Classics, I'm going to expand my reading to ten days for short books, 12 for mid-sized books, and 14 for longer books. Also, take one month off per year for vacation, holiday, break, etc. So, 335 days per year total. 335 / 14 = 23 books minimum per year. This means it will take me 10.9 years to Read 250 Classics, at the most. However, this is only if all books are long. That being said, I want to get as most challenging out of each book as possible, so we shall see. I would rather be thorough than rush through and not thoroughly enjoy. Plus, I want to do more personal prayer journaling and Bible study. I want and need more balance than I’ve experienced this month. So, this is my new plan. // 921 a.m. Consider it, be aware, and learn thoroughly how it is a great joy whenever I experience different kinds of trials. / Wow. This seems a tall order at first glance. How can trials ever be a joy, never mind a GREAT joy? Right? Right. That doesn’t make sense, particularly if you’re going through a trial. However, this is the Bible and it tells us to do so. (Yikes). // So, what does GREAT really mean in New Testament Greek? Does it mean what I associate with the word? {Look here for the answer: http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=1245 } / ‘Great’ means: It shows measure and size; number and degree. // Joy means delight and gladness {See: http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=1551 } // Thoroughly learn with magnitude and number how delightful and with gladness whenever trials are experienced in my life. // Trail means: refining {See: http://www.studylight.org/dictionary/ved/view.cgi?n=3080 } // Thoroughly learn with magnitude and number how delightful and with gladness whenever refining is experienced in my life. = a new way to phrase James 1:2. /// APPLICATION: Thoroughly learn with magnitude and number how delightful and with gladness whenever refining is experienced in my life. = a new way to phrase James 1:2. /// PRAYER: Lord help me to live in this manner whenever I go through trials: Thoroughly learn with magnitude and number how delightful and with gladness whenever refining is experienced in my life. = a new way to phrase James 1:2. //// ***** AN IMPORTANT NOTE: AND, BY THE WAY: A KEY AND AN EXPLANATION OF "/" -- THE BACKSLASHES. Whenever you see this: / -- whenever you see a backslash on this blog in particular, it shows a point of an outline (without seeing an outline on the page). The most I use are five, /////, and that denotes a new day. Four //// denotes a new topic. Three /// denotes a subtopic. Two // denotes a subtopic of the subtopic. One / denotes a subtopic of a subtopic of a subtopic. / So, why do I use them anyway? When I journal, I like to save space and trees. I try to keep everything in one paragraph. Then, later if I want, I can take out the backslashes. *****

(Image credit: Stacy Duplease and Remembering Your Present, LLC 2008-2014.)

SOAP Bible Study on July 27, 2014, Sunday, 504 p.m.

//// SOAP Bible Study on July 27, 2014, Sunday, 504 p.m. /// James 1:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) /"1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: /To the 12 tribes in the Dispersion. / Greetings. / 2 Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." / -- Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) / Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved. /// Scripture: / Lord, James called himself a servant. But, he wasn't just a servant to just anyone. He was a servant of both God and was a servant of the Lord Christ Jesus. / He wrote to the twelve tribes of and in the Dispersion. And James offered them greetings. /// Observation / He introduces himself. He is James and is a servant. / What is a servant? / What is the Dispersion? / 'To' shows how this is a letter. / Who are the twelve tribes of the Dispersion? / Why did he write to them? / I bet he called himself a servant in part to show he may have held a position in the church, but he still counted himself as lowly. He was a servant. I also bet he said servant of God and Jesus to remind himself of this and to show the importance of this concept in his life. / What is a normal greeting? /// Application /// Prayer

--Stacy Duplease
http://Read250Classics.blogspot.com
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Tablet


***** This is where I got the idea for a SOAP Bible Study:

http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/2012/09/how-to-soap-your-quiet-time/ *****

Journaling Daily Template on July 27, 2014, Sunday

Journaling Daily Template on July 27, 2014, Sunday

Today I... Instructions:  Do the top plus at least four of the following to answer today. All is preferred. Do today. Then, do each day hereafter. 1 Praying 2 Bible-ing: See SOAP BIBLE STUDY JOURNAL. James 1:1-4. 3 Blessings/ Thanking Reading... James 1:1-4. Listening Eating... B and I went out to eat. Atkins chocolate shake. Wheat Thins. Wendy's: pretzel bacon cheeseburger and chili. Drinking... Coffee and water. Wearing... Pale pink t-shirt and was in jeans, now in grey cotton yoga Capri pants. Feeling... Tired. Didn't sleep very well last night. Weather... Rainy this morning. Then sunshine with a few clouds. Doing... Took it easy and rested. Did some of a SOAP Bible Study. Dreaming Wanting Needing Thinking Enjoying

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