Tag: faith
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my favorite Bible study resources
Happy Friday! Remember when I told you I would share some of my favorite Bible study resources? Well, I delivered. I know you’re shocked. I am too. What can I say? The stars aligned, my children did really well during their nap/quiet time, and here we are today. We’ll make this Friday Faves my ‘favorite…
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dwelling richly
On Monday, I shared my burden about the most important thing a mom {or anyone} can do. Those thoughts were taken from my meditations in Colossians 3 – specifically verse 16. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly” Dwell richly. What does that even mean? I thought it might be helpful to dig a…
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the most important thing a mom can do
As moms, there are a lot of demands on our time. And if you have small children like I do, then you have a lot of moments when the urgent overtakes the important. And sometimes there are two {or more!} urgent things happening at the same time. As in, dinner may be burning in the oven, but if…
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why what you treasure has nothing to do with how much you spend
Treasure. It can equal riches, but it doesn’t have to. I can treasure expensive things. But I can also treasure things that are free. This truth hit me full force after I bought my $6 chair. One of my happy thoughts in buying the chair was that it was only $6 – less than a combo…
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ice. cold. and comparisons.
Last week, I wished I had a snowsuit. Preferably fur-lined. And if it could somehow perform like a battery operated heated blanket? #AWESOME I’m not used to looking at the weather and seeing that it’s 8 DEGREES OUTSIDE. Let’s not even talk about the spasms that happen when I actually go outside. First, I’d have to actually…
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Love Means Sacrifice
Last week, I diverged from my normal ‘2 choices for breakfast’ routine and made scones for breakfast. I love scones – despite the work they take to make. And I knew my kids would love them too. Except that halfway into breakfast when I felt like a parrot repeating, “Take a bite. Take a bite.…
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christmas is for the hurting
I’ve had a hard time with Christmas this year. The lovely home tours that are usually so inspiring to me? I haven’t even looked at most of them. We decorated our home for Christmas, but I only put up about 50% of our stash. The main thing I keep thinking is “I can’t wait until this…
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thankfulness :: why Jesus changes the rules
Have you ever made a thankful list? Usually we do things like that around Thanksgiving – listing out blessings from the year, perhaps recounting specific situations where God provided like I did recently. Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking through my “thankful list” for this year. The usual suspects appeared – salvation, family,…