Christian Living
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Flexibility
Did anyone else cringe over that word? One of my least favorite life lessons is flexibility. The most memorable strategy God used was smoke seasons. In Indonesia, farmers use small fires to clear more land. During exceptionally dry seasons, these… Continue reading
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Reverse Bucket List
I don’t have a bucket list, but I do have a list of things I never thought I would do. Things that were stressful but became necessary and now I am kind of proud of them! Things like: learned to… Continue reading
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Mayday
The first thing you see at Mission Aviation Fellowship is Nate Saint’s airplane, recovered after he and his teammates were killed serving in Ecuador. Serving God in the outer regions of the world is not for the faint of heart,… Continue reading
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Becoming Unefficient
I was talking with my girls about character traits and school work, traits like wanting perfection can become too extreme and ruin a project. Or being a little too laid back when something needs to get done can also screw… Continue reading
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Silver linings
Living on the equator was hot. Just hot. All year round. On the 4th of July and on Christmas day. It got old and monotonous, so the challenge was to find things to appreciated. One way that this constant heat… Continue reading
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Perfection
Does Proverbs 31 stress anyone else out? I was talking about all the chores listed in this chapter to my husband, and he said he thought I was succeeding. I actually laughed out loud because I thought he was making… Continue reading
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Control
What can I control? Have you ever had to forgive someone who wasn’t repentant? When my husband worked as a jail officer, a man who had just been convicted punched him, literally lashing out in his frustration. Jason needed stitches… Continue reading
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The Water Bottle Lesson
When we were living in Indonesia, we filtered our well water into 5 gallon jugs for our water cooler. One morning, we woke up to water all over the floor. Jason took the whole water cooler apart, cleaned everything, made… Continue reading
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Capturing Joy
This is one of my favorite photos. I actually managed to capture joy. Why do we love photos so much? I think we are trying to hold onto the joy of a moment. But seeing a picture only brings back… Continue reading
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Storms
Who brings the storms? Growing up if a storm came up we sat in the back of our van with the doors open under the carport and watched the huge maples in our neighbor’s yard move and bend with the… Continue reading
