His Mercy is New

God’s Faithfulness to Me

Family· Parenting· Scriptures and thoughts

Last Sunday in small group, Dan asked us to try out the “White Paper Challenge.” For this challenge, take a plain piece of white paper and start writing down all the ways that God has shown you His faithfulness throughout your life. One of the main reasons for doing this is to share it with your children. In Deuteronomy, as…
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Healthy Living ~ Update

Healthy Living

I had someone ask me how it was going with the “healthy living” thing…so I thought I should do an update! Hopefully this will encourage someone else, because I have seen huge differences in my own life. You may remember a few months ago I checked out the book Real Food from the library. This reeeeeally got me thinking. The…
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Grab Life by the Mane

Scriptures and thoughts

I read this quote the other day on Beth Moore’s blog and thought I’d share it here in case some of you haven’t read it. “Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without…
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Grotto Falls

East TN Fun· Family

Today we took the kids on a hike in the mountains. I didn’t realize it was all going to be uphill, or I probably would not have started this one. But, it was worth it! The waterfall at the end was GORGEOUS!! If you’re ever looking for a hike (about 3 miles total round trip) in the Smokies, you should…
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I’m in SHOCK!

Family· Missions· Scriptures and thoughts

Friends, God has answered one of my most consistent prayers and I’m so excited! But, He has answered my prayer in a way that is well, SHOCKING! I’ll just spit it out… I’M GOING TO HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so pick yourself up off the floor. And, don’t get too jealous yet…I’m going on a mission trip to Honolulu! So, it’s not…
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