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His Ways Are Not My Ways
I turned 13 the same year as Mary Ellen on The Waltons. For whatever reason only a hormonal teenage girl can comprehend, she was convinced she was going to go “crazy” on her thirteenth birthday. Being a hormonal teenage girl myself, I took this to heart so on MY thirteenth birthday I sat on the edge of my bed…
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Our God Inhabits Praise
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We Are the Fragrance of Christ
There was a trellis of honeysuckle by the front door of my childhood home. Over the years its sweet fragrance came to represent the safety and unconditional love I knew waited for me when I crossed over the threshold. Conversely, to this day the odor of coconut and brown sugar remind me of a box book report gone bad…
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The Ministry of Silence
…A time to keep silent and a time to speak. Ecclesiastes 3:7 She never said a word yet the way she ministered to me spoke volumes into my pain and devastation. We had just gotten home from the hospital after the stillbirth of our second child when a friend dropped a gift bag at our door. She didn’t ask…
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When God Calls, Do You Answer?
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.” Jeremiah 29:11 Has God ever picked you up from where you are and placed you where He wants you to be?…
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Mommy Marathon
You’ve washed the dishes, folded the clothes, and changed the baby at least 29 times. You’ve cooked breakfast, made lunches, and found junior’s lost shoe. Grab your backbag. Grab your lunch. Car line one and car line two. Rush hour traffic, rush hour traffic. Gotta get to work, please move. Then there’s ball practice, piano lessons, and don’t forget…
