Christian Living
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Perspective
My youngest daughter gave me a lesson on perspective yesterday morning. As I was enjoying my morning coffee before taking her to a marching band practice for a Memorial Day parade, she started screaming about a giant spider. I came… Continue reading
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Bible Verse of the Week
A verse that requires courage for sure! 1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. Where… Continue reading
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Craft Corner
I finished a ‘hooray the school year is over’ gift for my youngest daughter, a phone/book holder full of rice. I followed this tutorial: https://pin.it/1BI9OhtYr I also couldn’t resist making this little bowl pillow to honor Memorial Day. I was… Continue reading
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Quote of the Week
“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.” Robert Schuller I love this quote – the possibilities if we have the courage to say yes to His will!… Continue reading
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The Boy Scout Motto
As I was falling asleep the other night, thinking about what I needed to do to get children’s ministry spaces ready for Sunday morning and thinking how mundane that is, the Holy Spirit reminded me that even little preparation tasks… Continue reading
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Quote of the Week
“(God’s faithfulness) means that God will preserve us in our difficulties, not from our difficulties.” – Elisabeth Elliott Lamentations 3:21-23 NIV[21] Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: [22] Because of the Lord’s great love we… Continue reading
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Spring!
This time of year I get excited and want to plant and grow everything, completely forgetting that I have a black thumb and that I lose all my desire to garden by mid-July. Anybody else do this? I am slowly… Continue reading
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Happy Mother’s Day!
I love that the preschool lesson for Sunday school this morning is about manna. Two of God’s gifts that no one did anything to earn- manna and mamas. And aunts, grandmas, neighbors and teachers. Happy Mother’s Day! Exodus 16:12 NIV… Continue reading
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Finding Courage in My Own History
Have you ever been stopped by something that was so simple that it was profound? This quote did it for me: God planted the tree that Zacchaeus would have needed 20-50 years before he needed it – amazing! He also… Continue reading
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Verse of the Week
Deuteronomy 32:3-4 NIV[3] I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! [4] He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong,… Continue reading
