Brown Sugar Toast
writings from Christa Threlfall
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To Live is Christa
I really want to be like Jesus and Paul. I want to be able to say, “For me to live is Christ!” But too often, my song is “For me to live is Christa.”
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My Marriage Is Not Affair Proof
Google “How to Affair Proof Your Marriage” and you’ll end up with a slew of options, ranging in helpfulness from “Commit to honest, open communication” to “Watch out for that second or third cocktail.” My husband and I just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary and while we don’t claim to have marriage figured out, there is…
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Speak Life: how to deal when your children fight
What do you do when your children break out in a monumental war with each other? Here’s what I’ve been doing lately, based out of a verse from Proverbs…
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Stop Waiting to Praise
The other day, I found myself thinking ahead to next year. Next May, to be exact. In the Lord’s will, my husband will graduate with his PhD in approximately 12 months. (Not that anyone is counting, of course. BUT WE ALL ARE.) As I thought about what an incredible time that will be, I imagined…
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One Year Ago Today: 3 lessons I learned when my water broke at 20 weeks
3 lessons I learned when my water broke at 20 weeks…
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I Can Do It All
I can do it all. And if you read my post entitled “I Can’t Do It All,” you can now be assured that I’ve completely lost my mind. Allow me to explain. I’ve had these posts planned (in my head, at least) for months. And I wanted to do them back to back. In fact,…
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One Daily Habit That’s Changing My Perspective
I’ve started a daily habit that is totally changing my perspective. It takes less than 5 minutes and I do it twice a day – as soon as I wake and before I fall asleep. Wanna know what it is? I thank God. In the morning, I thank Him for the night – sometimes quite…
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When You Despise Your Season
SEASON: a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature Our seasons of life are constantly changing based on the personal, relational, spiritual and work-related details of our lives. Some days, I absolutely love my current season of life. Other times, it can feel like the longest season ever. I’ll venture to say – The longest…
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My Biggest Problem & Greatest Hope
What is the biggest problem in your life? Once you identify that problem, you will discover what you need to resolve in order to have hope. If I view other people and their evil influence as the biggest problem, then my only hope lies in them getting their act together and changing for the better. If…
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Completely & Utterly Lost
Last week, I heard this song in church and was struck by these words: Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the power of grace divine; Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine. The words are beautiful, aren’t they? And when you hear them in…
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My Evening Routine (& how to create your own)
Here’s how I came up with my evening routine + how you can make one of your own…
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a new phase [general life update]
We have successfully moved from Charlotte, NC to Richmond, VA. Successful = nobody died in the process. (Although we did forget to pack one entire drawer in our kitchen which housed our silverware. Whoops. We’re eating with our hands these days. Nothing out of the ordinary there.) There are a million thoughts going through my…
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