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Continue reading →: Second living of the past few weeks
I have been planning our yearly summer trip to Oregon, trying to keep a semblance of order yet keep the vacation in our summer break, doing the daily things that keep a home running and in the back of my mind through it all I have blog posts going through…
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Continue reading →: Burned chicken, my story and Israel
It’s been an interesting day. I’m sitting here trying to get a hold on how I nearly burned down the covered patio by barbecuing bone-in chicken breasts while I planned and prepped other things in the kitchen. I know time can get away from me sometimes, but I tell ya…
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Continue reading →: Changed the name
I remember when I was a kid my mom used to change the arrangement of the furniture and house decor pretty regularly. You never knew when you’d come home to a whole new look. I liked it! I guess it really is a woman’s prerogative to change her mind. I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Just another religious blabbering blogger?
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to write on my 145:4 blog. I’ve been challenged by my own desire to write these things down. Why? Why do I want to write it down so much? Why not just live life and do “normal” things like crochet or…
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Continue reading →: untitled post 750
Every morning I struggle. And every morning I run into this: Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving- Psalm 95:2 And I remember her encouragment. I’m only on the 40’s since I’ve been inconsistently coming back to this much-needed way of life (like gasping for air) every once in…
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Continue reading →: My stand
“Why stay? Nothing’s going to change.” I stay because I haven’t perfected loving. It is written: Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. Whoever loves another person has fulfilled the Law…You must love your neighbor as yourself. “Didn’t God say let go, you’re free!” I am.…
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Continue reading →: Hung up thoughts
I ended up spending the past half hour changing my picture fifty times on Facebook and reading my pastor’s very amusing blog. This is the problem with me and writing. Thoughts, some longer than others, some more sensical than others, come into my head usually while I’m driving. By the…
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Continue reading →: Let the first grader talking begin!
So there I was, sitting on the ground on the sidelines of my 7 year old’s basketball practice, reading from my Kindle, glancing up to catch attempts at making baskets, when the most dreaded child on the team (who’s always fighting his own teammates for the ball) boldly trotted right…
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Continue reading →: Waiting. Anticipating.
This is a very sacred time for me. Something transforming was conceived in me nearly 7 years ago while I was heavy with child, enduring betrayal and all around me were the lights, bells, talk of presents and Christmas music. Every year since that get-on-your-knees-so-you-can-see-your-Savior-God-made-into-flesh season when I was humbled…
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Continue reading →: Joy for me
It really is true: There is no greater joy than to know that your children walk in the truth. Tonight, tucking the boys in bed, “Let’s pray,” initiates faces to pillows and hands folded for one child followed by, “God. Thank you for the ability to throw a baseball. And…
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