“Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.” Brokenness. Not something we celebrate or even invite into our lives. No one wants to be broken and in need. Feels very unnatural to come to the end of ourselves with nowhere to go but up. Yet, deep intimate prayer is birthed from a […]
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It’s 10pm and I’m making sandwiches. You read that right…sandwiches at 10 at night?! Why might you ask. Because I’m a mom. A mom of four. A mom of four who just placed all four of her kids in school for the first time. And it’s kinda a shock to our system. See for the
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Dressed to the nine, suitcases packed, with book proposal perfectly typed and ready to go. Hair and nails freshly done, prayed up and ready to take on this writing conference with full confidence, knowing God has something HUGE in-store for me. Yeah, that wasn’t me on a hot July afternoon. I was the woman doubting.
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“Hurry up!” “Brush your teeth!” “Let’s go, we are running late!” They may or may not have gotten in a fight in the bathroom over a brush, and I may or may not have lost it. Yelling they needed to love each other. The youngest can’t find his shoes and the oldest continues to cause
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Love even when it seems difficult. I tell my daughter driving in the car on the way to the store. She tells me she doesn’t understand how I could continue to love someone even when they hurt me. Even when their words cut so deeply. Even when they chose to not love, and hit me
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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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