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21 and Counting

Posted on September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 by Pam

The 21st year means a lot of different things to different people. It is seen as another right of passage when others think you increasingly competent. Currently we are in the 21st century. Today I prayed for the salvation of 21 people. Some are distant family members. Yes – they are good people but give themselves too much credit. A friend’s husband, and another friend’s two daughters. Another’s grown boys. They are all welcome but don’t know it. On Tuesday I met a man who does generous acts of service. I thought we may become friends but the exclusivity of Jesus is too much for him. As I see it, a God who can do all this does not need my permission to make a plan and set the rules. Here is some good news and there is really good news. I am reminded of apostle Paul who, “Did not hesitate to preach anything that would be helpful” but, Paul could not save anyone. Only God does that. But he could tell them God’s good news of Jesus, the only “Name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved” – Acts 4:12. It has always bothered me that years ago I heard that I will see blood on my hands. I can’t find a bible verse putting blame on me for another’s decisions. (If you can direct me I would appreciate it.) Again, I am not a theologian. One of the ‘ones’ in my 21 is actually a family of six. Our numbers will flux but our duty should be out of devotion for the grace shown to us. This need to be saved is universal and growing with every birth. If it were really all up to me I would find even the thought of it exhausting. Just ‘give an account of the hope that is in you’. That’s it. When we surrender our heart to Christ we also surrender the burden of carrying those whom we know and love. We surrender the should’s and ‘if I had only said this’. We take God’s kind offer of grace, extended to all, and talk about it, using our influence in eternal ways. Call a 21 today?

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Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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