Category: Grateful
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I Would Choose You Again
Mother’s day weekend I strategically focused on healing. It was the first year I knew I needed to confront the pain that I felt. I invited Jesus to a weekend “away”. I wanted to go to the beach but was unable to do so. It ended up being one of the best opportunities for the […]
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Jesus and Grit
Crisis and grief change your brain. I’ve studied, taken classes, and read many books and articles about trauma and how it affects the brain. What I wasn’t expecting was how it would impact me in ways that hadn’t occurred before. Somehow I was blinded that it was occurring to me. When crisis came and grief […]
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Spread it like Glitter
Yesterday was the 31st. Look at that pile of notecards! Reading these out loud were a highlight last night. We laughed a lot. After the 31 Days of Gratitude Challenge, what was confirmed was that we deeply love and care for each other more than what pain tried to convince us of. We deeply love […]
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Goodness Gracious
Why is it so easy to focus on the negative? Step aside for a moment from the poop pile bombarding us as we scroll, read, watch or listen to it. Have you ever considered doing the opposite of what you are used to? For example, have you ever thought to doubt fear rather than to […]
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Bestest!
Good. When it comes to our lives we think our plans are good. When life gets rough and things don’t go according to our expectations, we can feel jaded, disappointed, grieved, and upset. Our faith is tested or we blame God (gasp). We look back at the past and may wonder why bad things happened […]
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More than Conquerors
As much as I’ve expressed in a previous post how 2021 was the hardest year I’ve had in a long time, there have been monumental gifts from God amidst it all. For this is I am grateful! The gift of Gods presence and His abundance is far too great to describe. I can tell you […]
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31 Days of Gratitude
2021 may have been the worst year I’ve had in a long time. As I talk with others, there is a similar thread no matter the differences. 2021 was a difficult, heartbreaking year for many. I wish that I could say that justice came flooding in and whatever was lost was restored but it has […]
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He is…
This morning I heard a whisper. I know His voice well. It is a voice I long to hear every waking moment and in my dreams while I sleep. He said, “I am returning everything to you.” It has felt like one loss after another for quite some time lately. It hasn’t felt like devastation […]
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He is in the Tiny Details and Mishaps!
I had every intention to be out the door as quickly as I could. My husband was waiting for me outside to go on our first date in several months. No sooner had I picked up my things did I have to put them back down. The garbage my husband took out had leaked onto […]
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Quiet Waters
Staring at a tsunami, awaiting its violent collision. Somewhere between a deep breath and a teardrop the massive wall of water stopped right in front of me. Instead of being overtaken, peace even in the waters settled as what was intended to destroy me became a mysterious beautiful wall. The waters are calm and quiet […]
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