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Robin’s Testimony: Relying on God This is not a story I ever imagined I’d be telling. Unfortunately, life sometimes takes turns we don’t expect. Or have control over. Our life probably looked good from the outside. Loving couple. Three great kids. My husband had a full-time job and was an ordained pastor working part-time at…
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How to solve life’s problems How many problems do you face in a day? You probably have your own ideas of what to insert here. Don’t you wish you could make it all disappear? Or have you ever thought, if only life came with an instruction manual! Thankfully, for Christians, it does! The Bible provides…
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*This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of the links, we may receive a small commission. You will not be charged more for purchasing through one of our links. I remember my mom saying once that her parents didn’t prepare her for the real world, or how to deal…
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I’ve never been good at New Year’s resolutions. I’ve made them. I just rarely keep them beyond the first month, or even week. They just never factor into my life as a high priority.
This year, I’ve seen lots of people sharing their “word of the year”. They choose a word to represent their goals for the year or something they hope to learn, improve, etc. Rather than choose to focus on a list of changes that they plan to make to themselves, they chose a word to meditate on and focus on when making decisions. That is something I can do, as long as there is a biblical basis for my word.
There is so much to be thankful for this year. Despite so many challenges, we have seen God’s presence in such a real way the last two years and I wanted to share just a few of the things I’m grateful for as we move into the holiday season. What I’m Grateful For This Year…
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We were all just trying to get home. Traffic in front of me had slowed but the car behind me continued to stay close to my bumper. Frustrated, I turned on my signal to switch lanes. The car behind me immediately sped up and moved into that lane, preventing me from moving. Moments later, they…
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During a recent conversation with a friend, she compared my family’s season of waiting on God to someone waiting to board a plane. Her analogy gave me a new perspective on our waiting. Sometimes the waiting seems to take forever. When Jay was ordained in 2014, we both felt our time at our current church…
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Yesterday, while driving home in the rain, I turned off the radio to focus on listening for God. I was in traffic and in prayer for a friend facing a storm of her own. I wanted time to pray without all the distractions. So, in the midst of a downpour beating on my van, with…
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How to Have a Servant’s Heart & Reclaim Joy in a Christian Marriage When I think about what it takes to have a successful marriage, I look at the example set by my maternal grandparents. Married for 68 years, my grandparents exemplified the love of God in their lives and instilled in me the belief…
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Nurturing Others to Blossom African violets have always reminded me of my grandmother. As a child, I remember her church giving them out every Mother’s Day and aside from that moment, I never saw them anywhere but in her house. I don’t think it occurred to me until I owned one that I only remember…
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