Trials are discouraging. Find encouragement for overcoming trials. Life is hard, so next time the world is falling apart, let Jesus put you back together.
I’ve been reading through the birth narrative and the beautiful redemption story that unfolds in Matthew and Luke the past few weeks, and I just keep thinking about how messy the events leading up to the first Christmas really were. Our Redeemer was born in a stable. With earthly parents on the run to ensure […]
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Did you get super excited for Christmas as a kid? Especially when it came to presents? I sure did! Every year Mom would ask me what I wanted for Christmas and I’d write down a list that could fill a football stadium. All those toys and gadgets brought such temporary joy into my life. But
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I don’t know how it was growing up in your home around Christmas, but Santa and baby Jesus fought for top billing in our home every Christmas. Until I caught mom and dad in the act one Christmas Eve “helping” Santa out with cookie eating and gift delivery. Score a victory for Detective Nicki that
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I never thought I’d be able to honestly tell you that I’ve found so much to be thankful for related to infertility I have faced over the years. Notice, I did NOT say that I am thankful FOR infertility, but that I have found ways to be thankful IN the thick of it. The reality
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I love how the Lord takes all the broken messy pieces of our lives and weaves them into something beautiful, to be used for His glory. I love how the trials we face do not define who we are, but the way we face them (with or without Jesus) does. I love how God uses
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It’s Thanksgiving month and during this season it’s so EASY for us to be grateful for things, large and small in life, compared to the other months of the year. The world is bursting with color and it makes my heart so happy. If I’m having an off day, all I need to do is
Gratitude When You’ve Got A Bad Attitude Read More »
Thanksgiving month is one of my favorite months of the year for so many reasons. The leaves are bursting with color right now. It’s like we’re walking around in God’s coloring book, or part of a Mary Poppin’s sidewalk chalk painting. And we can’t forget that it is seasonally appropriate to drink a bunch of
Cultivating An Attitude Of Gratitude For The Bumpy Parts Of Life Read More »
Confession time: I worry way too much what other people think of me. Do you struggle with that too? Some mornings before church I throw a hissy fit that could put a 5-year old to shame. I’m not proud of it. But it happens. Putting A 5-Year Old To Shame With A Hissy Fit! Usually, it’s because I’m
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