Category: blessings
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Forgiveness and Trauma
We are told to forgive. Teachers, counselors, pastors, parents – all those people who guide us through life teach us about forgiveness. Truthfully, being able to forgive really does help us to move on and move forward with our lives, but what if we try to do it when we aren’t ready, or in such…
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Repentance opens the door
I’m doing some reading in Esther. Someone gave me a book about Esther that I started to read but then realized it was NOT something I wanted to study. Beware the books that masquerade as holy teaching! After deciding this was NOT something I wanted to focus on, I decided to just study the scripture…
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Not Today….
My phone rang and a strange number popped up on the screen. We were at the lake and the area code matched the resort, so I picked it up. My husband’s voice came across the line, sounding breathless and stressed. “Can you bring the keys down to the ramp?” “Of course, love. be right there.”…
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That’s not MY covenant…
Have you ever had one of those paradigm-shifting moments that made you really stop and think about what it is that you’re hearing? My study and prayer was like that this week. I’m doing four different studies right now (I know it seems like a lot, but bear with me), and they all intersected this…
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Why am I praying?
Sometimes I think we tend to minimize prayer. We say things like, “I’m sorry I can’t do more right now, but I can pray” or, “All we can do is pray.” What we sometimes fail to understand is that prayer is MIGHTY. It affects so much more than ourselves and the world around us in…
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Missing my grandbabies…
I love to travel and see new places. That being said, I’ve been away from the grandbabies for a bit and I’m REALLY missing them. The girl one is going to be eight in a couple weeks – she’s just so smart and sassy, and I love telling her “dad” jokes. She tends to keep…
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Retirement takes a minute….
My husband Martin and I retired in 2018. I retired involuntarily with a disability, my husband retired voluntarily and with the honor of having served his country and his state for over 30 years, in the military and law enforcement. Two very different sets of circumstances but with the same result – what do we…
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Pumpkin Butter, Otherwise Known as Thanksgiving Crack
A few weeks ago while making the annual batch of apple butter I decided to do some pumpkin butter as well. It was all right, nothing to write home about, but it’s pretty good. Last week I went to the store for something and there outside were the bins of pumpkins, now on sale for…
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I’m exhausted, but they had fun!
I really do think that the reason we generally don’t have the ability to have children later in life is because God knew our limitations. Seriously, who has the energy to chase toddlers and read with a fidgety 6 year old after the age of 50?!? This last week we took care of the grandkids…
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It doesn’t have to be perfect…and neither do you.
There’s a saying that I like – “God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.” When was the last time you were asked to do something that you weren’t trained for nor had experience doing? Does it happen frequently, or is it an occasional blip on the radar? In my experience, it seems that…