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Not Another Blog????

Um… yeah. For now, anyway. Each day, it seems, I encounter someone else struggling with chronic illness, and I’ve seen how much health can impact our mood, how we view ourselves, and our relationships...

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Stockinged Feet

Parents, everything we do and say affects not only the atmosphere of our home and family relationships, but has the capacity to penetrate deep into our children’s hearts as well. At each moment, we are...

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Forced to Choose

It’s a choice I never wanted to make. It tore me up, tore my daughter up, and I’m pretty sure, it tore my husband up as well. But when a situation arose where I had to choose between my husband and my...

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The Dangers of Comparison

However strong you are, there’s always someone stronger. There’s always someone smarter, more talented, more patient… a better cook, a better parent, a better spouse. Surrounded by so many folks who...

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The Truth About Marriage

Standing at the altar, you have no idea what lies ahead. Oh, you’ve heard stories. And countless people–like everyone in your church, neighborhood, on the job, and at your local grocery–have bombarded...

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Moving Past the Comfortable to the Extraordinary

Is your love for the convenient and comfortable keeping you from the extraordinary? Today a sweet friend and talented author of Entrusted, Julie Arduini, challenges us to evaluate our life, opening...

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Are You Teachable?

“I’ll do it myself!” the two-year-old cries, stomping his pudgy food with fisted hands.  “I know what I’m doing,” says the stressed-out teenager who’s convinced they have a strong grasp on reality–and...

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Are You Repellant or Attractive

Are you repellant or attractive? Pause to think of that for a moment. Consider your interactions with others. Are people drawn to you or do they try to avoid you? How do they feel after having spent...

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Will Your Hope Dissapoint?

Photo by cuteimage taken from freedigitalphotos.net Is your hope rightly placed or are you headed for are you headed for a painful fall? I’ve had many times, way too many, where I’ve placed my hope in...

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A Deeper Look at Baltimore

Photo by Stux taken from freedigitalphotos.net Do you ever wish you could find some hidden, remote closet to hide away in? Do you ever feel like the Internet–most specifically social media–has become a...

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Christian Friendship

Photo by Serge Bertasius taken from freedigitalphotos.net How does Christianity translate into our friendships? Author Cherie Burbach offers the answer in today’s guest blog post. As you read, keep in...

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Won’t Be Defined

Photo by makunin taken from pixabay.com What if we viewed ourselves through God’s eyes? Imagine the peace we’d have. And what if, maintaining that vision, we then zeroed in on what He was calling us to...

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Pride isn’t Pretty

Pride is something that everyone struggles with. In today’s guest blog post, author Mariah Morgan discusses how pride affects our relationship with Christ, and how we can combat it. As you read, be...

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Cherishing What Matters

Photo by Stuart Miles taken from freedigitalphotos.net Sometimes I approach Thanksgiving with a bit of a hum-bug spirit, thinking of all the to-dos and obligations. Other times, like this year, I toss...

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Never under estimate the power of even the smallest acts of grace. A smile given to a lonely old woman, a five minute conversation with the cashier at the pharmacy, an unexpected compliment to your...

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Do You Feel Invisible?

Photo by radnatt taken from freedigitalphotos.net Before I share my intro story, I must admit, early in my marriage I stunk at being a wife. And I mean stunk. (You can read about that HERE and HERE,...

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The Call to Write

Do you have a passion? A calling from the Lord, maybe? Sometimes I have a hard time following through with my calling. Distractions can get in the way, procrastination, even pressure from yourself and...

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Why Do We Worry?

What kinds of things do you worry over? Do you ever let worry overwhelm you to the point you forget just Who is in control? Today Sarah Ruut reminds us that though we may worry and fret over many...

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Get Satisfied

“But godliness with contentment is great gain” (1 Tim. 6:6 NIV). And discontentment? That will make you plain miserable. When I encounter the same theme again and again, I start to take notice, because...

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Are You Repellant or Attractive

Are you repellant or attractive? Pause to think of that for a moment. Consider your interactions with others. Are people drawn to you or do they try to avoid you? How do they feel after having spent...

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