I started selling homeschooling books. Maybe not the best decision when you’re in the middle of moving. I had found old clothes, sorted through the attic, packed boxes, all the while attending to the everyday chaos of 4 children. Boxes everywhere, dozens of little random toys with no home. I had sorted books to keep […]
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Vital seasons of our lives are sometimes painful preparations for our future destiny. God has promised. “Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing” James
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We live in a high paced, loud world, where we have instant access to any information we could ever want. Our culture keeps us busy and driven. With just a few clicks we can learn how to make a gourmet meal, try a new hairstyle, or learn a new craft. Noise and constant distractions keep
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As a wife, daughter, sister, friend, aunt, and fellow human being I cannot afford to be careless with my own words. Lately, I have been keenly aware of how words really do produce either life or death (Proverbs 18:21). This truth must raise us to a higher standard. We must learn to use few but
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This journey of cultivating a heart at rest has been one of the most challenging, yet freeing adventures I have ever been on. Trying to discover what this rest Jesus promises looks like in everyday life has brought such freedom. Letting go of my plans and receiving His grace, looking for ways to bring rest
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I’ve woken many mornings to the weight of disappointment, and a cloud of expectations on me for that day. At thirty-years old, with 3 children under the age of six, one freshly adopted infant with a major heart defect and a husband who worked long hours, I was sure I was in way over my
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She needed a break from the mundane. Her night in shining armor knew this. He planned a quick weekend trip to the mountains, without the children, to find rest. The first morning they laced up their shoes and set out to hike the area. Down into the woods, they could hear the sound of music.
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And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded. Matthew 10:42 It was late in the evening and I was exhausted from the stress of the day, I really just wanted to get in bed and read a good book. Except
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By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds drop the dew. Proverbs 3:19-20 A heap of laundry a waits in the mudroom, along with the unmade beds and piles of paperwork that need my attention. There are
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“Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain behind someone who allows me to?” Ruth 2:2 No blinking lights. Not even a neon sign that said, “This is the way, walk in it.” It happened without fireworks on an ordinary day over coffee. “Next week I
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