Embrace authenticity. Live for an audience of One. Break free from cookie-cutter Christianity and be the special person God created you to be! So much harm comes from measuring our worth against other humans. It’s time to ditch the comparison trap and learn to live authentically for Jesus!
This year with our infertility story unfolding before us, the Christmas story has taken on a different layer of meaning than years before. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the brokenness that Elizabeth faced during her time on this Earth. I can’t even imagine how isolating and painful it was for her to be […]
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6) God has burned the above bible verse into my heart this year. When we found out that our desire to have kids naturally had
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Most days my life is anything but glamorous. And I often feel discontent. Time for an attitude adjustment! It was just another ordinary day. The alarm went off. I did some early am bible study, half groggy, with copious amounts of coffee. I scribbled in my prayer journal. No exciting revelations. I went to work.
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Facebook has been a major distraction to me over recent years. You too? It started out as a fun tool. Perfect for staying in touch with friends and loved ones. But it quickly became a way to keep me from the necessary, but mundane things in life. Pleasant distractions can quickly into bad habits! I don’t
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Do you ever have those moments, days, ok, entire weeks, where you just feel so exhausted and completely overwhelmed? Ever get super worked up about an issue that, after a little post-meltdown reflection, seems totally insignificant? Been there? Me too! I’ve been having one of those weeks, a set of weeks actually, where the silliest
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What’s up with this “one word” craziness for the New Year? It’s certainly not a “new” thing, or even novel for that matter. But it seems you can’t visit a blog these first days of January without being bombarded with “one word” notes, memes and Facebook worthy pictures. Before you get all crazy, I get
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I started out the year with a month of full-blown laryngitis. And it sort of spiraled from there. This Fall I had surgery to remove my thyroid. And they found CANCER. Can you believe it? After several biopsies where I thought there might be cancer, only for them to say nope, you’re all good, there
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God recently revealed to this girl that Facebook is taking up too much of my time. Five minutes here or there sure adds up to a big chunk when you add it all up. How did Facebook somehow become *gasp* an idol in my life? Am I honestly spending more time on Facebook than I
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