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"Here I Am, Send Me" – Rita’s Crossroad

Here is a tender Maple Lane devotional moment featuring Rita Logan , shaped around  Isaiah 6:8 —where she stands on the edge of a bittersweet season, not sure where the road leads, but slowly choosing to trust the One calling her forward. 🌿 Maple Lane Devotional Moment "Here I Am, Send Me" – Rita’s Crossroad The front porch swing creaked as Rita Logan traced her finger along the fraying edge of the acceptance letter in her lap. The one from the big university her best friend Georgia called a “dream school.” It should’ve felt like a golden ticket. But dreams sometimes come with dollar signs. Inside the Logan home, her mom was humming over a bubbling pot of lentils—comfort food and frugal planning in one. Her dad had just left for his second shift at the hardware store. And Rita knew, deep down, they couldn't afford this. Not without help they hadn't received. Not without sacrifice that felt too steep. The mail that day had also brought a second envelope, sma...
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The Dream of the Dismantled Desk

 I dreamed last night about working the early shift, a dismantled front desk and someone asking me about my childhood minister's legacy in town. Here's how AI helped bring my dream to life in two Maple Lane moments —first through Clara’s mysterious midnight vision, and second through Tori Rae’s gentle reflection in her journal. 🌙 Maple Lane Scene 1: Clara’s Dream of the Vanishing Desk It was barely past 3 a.m. when Clara Wren sat up in bed, sweat cooling on her neck like dew on autumn grass. She reached instinctively for her journal and flashlight from the nightstand. The dream had been too vivid, too odd, to ignore. In it, she had been standing in her police uniform—though oddly, she felt younger somehow, more like her cadet self—waiting for the morning shift to begin. She was at the precinct’s front desk, but something was… off. The lobby was hazy, like morning fog rolling through the valley. Citizens gathered outside the frosted glass doors. Clara moved to open them w...
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Seeing God in the Ordinary

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### **Series Title: Seeing God in the Ordinary** **Theme Verse:** *“Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”* —Genesis 28:16 --- #### **Week 1: The God Who Walks With Us** **Text:** Luke 24:13–35 (The Road to Emmaus)   **Focus:** Jesus appears to the disciples in the midst of their grief and confusion—not in a temple, but on a dusty road.   **Takeaway:** God often meets us in our questions, our routines, and our heartbreak. We just need eyes to recognize Him. ---**Journaling Prompts:**   - When have I felt like I was walking alone, only to realize later that God was with me?   - What questions or doubts am I carrying that I need to bring to Jesus on the road? #### **Week 2: Sacred Soil — Finding God in Work and Waiting** **Text:** Ruth 2:1–23   **Focus:** Ruth “just so happens” to glean in Boaz’s field, but God is orchestrating redemption through ordinary labor.   **Takeaway:** God is present in the fields we w...
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Operation Glitchmas Spirit

  The Christmas lights on Maple Lane flickered erratically, casting strange, dislocated shadows. It wasn't just the lights, though. It was Christmas itself. It felt… off. Glitched. And Tori Rae knew exactly why. Her own internal Christmas Spirit was flatlining, but this time, it was more than just a bah-humbug. This was a system crash rooted deep in her core. She'd embraced her new road, found her feet in art and reading, but something crucial was still missing. "It's a Glitchmas, Tor," Mauve's voice hummed over the phone. "And you, my friend, are the epicentre. Dr. Evergreen is expecting you. It's time for Operation: Core Retrieval. " Dr. Holly Evergreen's "Resonance Room" was dimly lit by twinkling lights that, thankfully, held steady. Dr. Evergreen, her eyes radiating perceptive calm, gestured to an elaborate, almost life-sized figure on the examination table. It was a whimsical, translucent mannequin, sections of its form glowin...
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