Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. And the next day and the next day and the next day. I refuse to give into the “pandemic” of fear that is filling my feed, filling the news, and filling our conversations. I don’t know what’s going to happen in this election or in our nation or in the world, but there…
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The soundtrack of my childhood and every holiday growing up: hymns. Thanks, much in part, to my grandma. Two weeks ago I had my last visit with my grandma this side of heaven. I did what I do when I don’t have words of my own: I read psalms over her. Holding her worn Bible with all the verses underlined…reading…
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It’s not the happy people that are grateful but the GRATEFUL people that are happy. Let’s count our blessings together in November. Grab a journal or notebook, write out 3-5 blessings every single day. Write out the verse for each day from the calendar below. Let’s fix our eyes on JESUS and the GOOD. “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is…
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I tell this story every fall. I love fall. I love the colors. The yellow-orange leaves have always been my very favorite. When we bought this house five years ago it was during the summer. We had no idea what color these trees would turn. And just like God, who loves giving gifts to His children, the leaves in my…
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“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.” – Max Lucado I don’t always know what to pray. But I know I am burdened and I know that God hears our…
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