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Continue reading →: Truth fails
Have you heard of this, Whale Wars? It’s a new series on Animal Planet. I watched a piece of it the other day and here’s what angered me. Here’s a group of people who obviously are passionate about saving the lives of a creature God made… whales. They take great…
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Continue reading →: Holiday Traditions and Ideas
I LOOOOOOOVE the holidays!!! I really enjoy “special” days of any kind, and am just generally a sap for memorable events or get togethers. But what really gives me the jollies is the opportunity to widely, joyfully, and decoratingly (is that a word?) proclaim the wonder of God and His…
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Continue reading →: Holiday recipes: Sweet mashed yams and homeade rolls recipe
Sweet Mashed Yams WARNING! I’VE NEVER WRITTEN OUT THIS RECIPE BEFORE (except to give tomy sweet sister) SO PLEASE ADJUST TO YOUR PERSONAL TASTE AS YOU GO! 4-6 yams or sweet potatoes peeled and diced into large chunks (about 1 inchchunks)1 cup brown sugar1/2 cup heavy cream1 stick buttera couple…
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Continue reading →: Thanks for your prayers
Hey all you sweet blogging sisters! Just wanted to thank you for your prayers for my family today. My husband’s surgery went well. He’s home and hurting, but well. This is my prayer: That I would, “…always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asksyou a reason for…
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Continue reading →: "Mom, how do you know you’re going to heaven?"
The other day my 5 year old son asked me, “Mom, how do you know you’re going to heaven?” (oh if we would only ask like a child!) I prayed quickly to myself to find help to explain and answered, “Because God can’t lie son. And He said if I…
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Continue reading →: More meditations on Philippians 2
“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” -Philippians2:12b-13 As I was meditating on Philippians 2 the other morning, when I read, “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”…
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Continue reading →: Nothing is Lost from Elisabeth Elliot
Reading this in my email this morning surely is the response of comfort by the Spirit, working through Mrs. Elliot, after my meditations on Phillipians 2:12-17 this morning. As moms, it can be so easy to get discouraged and feel like our labor is in vain. After all, we clean…
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Continue reading →: What is the gold?
For the past couple years God has been speaking this to me regularly: “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your…
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Continue reading →: At His Mercy
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” -James 4:8 Sometimes I’m overwhelmed, like tonight, with the impossibleness of the ones I love drawing near to God. Even my own faith is tested and I know, that if my faith wasn’t kept by the power of God…
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Continue reading →: The LORD is our Provider: Jehovah Jireh
In the times we live, in whom or what we trust for provision is tested. As I was just fixing my boys their lunch of PB&J, the old song Jehovah Jireh, came to mind. I sang it and it brought me instant peace! I went looking for it on YouTube…
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