Category: Grateful
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Breaking Up With Easy- choosing Love and Grit!
For most of my life, I have protested anything very difficult. I somehow had this fairytale image in my mind that a perfect, faith-filled life meant that there would be zero strife, and everyone would like me and my family. Oh boy, was I believing lies! Nothing about the past 20 years or more has…
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New Mercies For A Hard Day
There are a million words I have wanted to say and a million thoughts that have dropped from my eyes. Tears have often been the only words needed to communicate when pen to paper runs dry and words fail to communicate the sorrows and the joys.Oh what great beauty there is when victories come every…
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All Figured Out… Not
How many times do we think that we have to have everything figured out? Or better yet, how many times do we act like we have it all figured out and we don’t? The people in my little world often think that they must have it all figured out. But they are still learning. Each…
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Brewing Up A Magic Elixir
What kind of routine do you have for prayer, meditation and reflection? One of my biggest loves is time with Jesus! I plan and imagine how I want it to be. I prepare like I would if I were spending time with my best friend in person. Coffee time. It is like a perfect magic…
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So I Laugh
Lately I have been intentional to find more ways to laugh and to choose joy. This dog literally made me laugh until I cried when he got home from the groomers last week. Laughter often fills up our home and pushes out the feeling of heaviness. When I laugh in my home it literally makes…
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An Irish Blessing For You
Today I was struck with the beauty that has surrounded me. It is only by the hand of God that I have a beautiful family. His healing occurs everyday no matter the mess. His mercies are new every morning. He is the reason I sing, write, dance, and build my life despite the injustices that…
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Coffee Break: See The Beauty
Can you pause with me for a moment? Pour that cup of coffee and savor it for a moment longer than you might do on an ordinary day. Sit down and take a deep breath. What can you hear? Can you hear birds outside, the laughter down the hall or do you have music playing?…
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Coffee Break
No amount of suffering and heartbreak will ever rob me of the blessings I hear down the hall. The footsteps that I hear as my world awakens, stirs me deeply. Heart somersaults from hugs, smiles and laughter. Healing is messy. Life gets mucky and until Heaven, we must confront suffering with the hope and healing…
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Coffee Break!!
Coffee Break #1: Shoutout to all of you who are home helping kids in school and struggling to make sense of life. Are you a hott mess? Messy hair, sleep deprived and patience growing thin? The news and current events probably are not helping you either. I made a pour over today and drank my…
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Letting Go…
Letting go is not always easy but it is a crucial part of life. We must let go of certain things in our lives that hinder us, hurt us or slow us down. Sometimes we let go of a good thing in order to be ready to receive something better.If anything is causing unhealthy thought…
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