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Finding Blessing in the Inconvenient Moments of Life
This is how my Monday ended…stuck in traffic on a two lane road on the way home from work. Stuck here for about 45 long minutes. For those that know me well, I can be impatient at times, have a tad bit of road rage, and come slightly undone over slight inconveniences. So, after working…
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His Will, Not Mine
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him. Psalm 127:3 I remember the day like it was yesterday. I had just found out the news. I remember thinking to myself- How could this be? This was not part of the plan! This can’t be right! Two lines? Yep, there are…
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Different, Yet the Same
I want you to take a look at the two rocks in the picture above. Notice the one on the right is smooth, shiny, easy to hold, and without sharp edges. To some, this rock may be more attractive. The rock on the left, however, is jagged. It’s rough. It’s edges are not smooth, but…
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Hope in a Big, Fat “Fine”
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:30-31 All three of my children have managed to inherit at least one of my various traits. They have managed to inherit some of the better ones such as a sense…
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Sunshine in the Storms
The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of the morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain. 2 Samuel 23:3-4 I am not a fan of rain. In fact, I absolutely hate it. Rainy days…
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What If We Were Real?
We keep trying to make it look so nice, and we keep hiding what’s going on inside. But, what if I share my brokenness? What if you share how you feel? And, what if we weren’t afraid of this crazy mess? What if we were real? These are some of the lyrics to a Mandisa…
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Sin in a Gold Wrapper
For he satisfies the thirsty, and fills the hungry with good things. Psalm 107:9 If you take a good look at the picture of one of the now several candy buckets we have in our home-our constant reminder of Halloween-you will see something is missing. It is the chocolate and caramel covered cookie that comes wrapped…
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We Are All the Least of These
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Romans 3:23 A few weeks ago, I traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia to spend a week immersing myself in a class I had to take as part of my Professional Counseling curriculum at Liberty University. For weeks, months even, I stressed about and dreaded…
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Crushed by the Bread of Life
I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart. You know what I long for Lord; you hear my every sigh. Psalm 38: 8-9 The picture above happens to be one of my biggest supermarket pet peeves. No, it isn’t the fact that the hair dye was bagged with the…
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“Costumes” and a Little Boy’s Lesson on Self-Acceptance
“You are the light of the world-like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:13 “I am being nothing! I am dressing as Hunter!” “What about your shark mask?” I kindly plead with my four year old son. “No! Nothing! I am going as Hunter!” That is right. Hunter is adamantly boycotting…
Grace 'n Grounds 