Category: Encouragement
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31 Things For 31 Days
In an effort to bring some light to a dark month, I decided to post thirty-one things that happened this January. Here is my month recap! I spent New Years Eve celebrating both Christmas and the new year. Joint holiday parties are so fun! My mom, sister, and I made…
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“Highway M”
There is a simple truth, foundational to Christianity, that I have felt drawn to as of late. Trusting that God is in control. As I said, simple. At least, in theory. This challenge to trust has been a lifelong lesson for me. A lesson that has numerous layers, that go…
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For Ron.
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:23-24 Ron was one of…
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“Everyday People” intro.
“Everyday People” was a single released by Sly and the Family Stone back in the 1960’s. It was widely popular and was one of their first songs to hit number one on two different music charts. I, however, was not familiar with the song until “Wow Hits” came out with…
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“It’s Called Love”
Years ago when I was little, my parents coined a catch phrase. Anytime they extended mercy instead of deserved punishment, surprised us kids, or helped us when we were struggling, they would slide this phrase into our conversations. “It’s called love.” As we grew older they would ask us to…
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21
Well, I have made it to 21 years. Here are 21 things I have learned in my 21 years in this big old world Family is the best thing. And good healthy relationships require work, and grace. Lots of grace. Doing things (within reason) that scare you, can really expand…
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Are You Ready?
“We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him…
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Tomorrow
Nicaragua has been on my mind. I haven’t lived there in over two years, yet it feels like the experience was both yesterday and another life ago. So much changed in me during that short trip. Physically, and mentally, and so much changed when I returned home. On a previous…
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Bringing the Heat
“And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.” John…
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Dear Younger Me,
Dear Younger Me, From a young age you are going to have an idea and a plan for your life. Do not give up on your dreams, but know plans change. Be okay with that. Embrace the change. The change you will experience? You will be better for it. People…
by Martha June 