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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
When The Way You Parent Isn’t Popular
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. Proverbs 22:6 I can't begin to count the times over the years I questioned our parenting skills as we raised our two children. Were my husband and I raising our children the...
Love Note To My Lefes – April 2016
To the three I'm blessed to call family, Since Mother's Day is just around the corner, I thought I would do something different in my monthly note to you, and share my thoughts of being your wife and your mother. To Bill: Why I love being your wife You are the...
Five Minute Friday – Pass
It's Five Minute Friday! When many of us write freely for five minutes on the same one-word prompt. We gather to share and encourage at Kate's place, and it's fun to see what these amazing people have written in five minutes! I invite you to join us... either in the...
A Whispered Yes Uncomplicates Our Faith
Why do I sometimes complicate my faith? I can get caught up in my expectations, my effort, my prayers, and my obedience. I can get so focused on making sure I don't miss one thing from God, that my faith becomes more about what I'm doing than about what He's doing....
5 Reasons To Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone
I've been known in the past to have an unhealthy relationship with my comfort zone. comfort zone :: the place or situation where one feels safe or at ease and without stress The interesting thing is, most of the time I don't even realize I'm wrapped up in it... with...
God Reveals The Hidden Love Buried In You
A friend has a heart for the people of India. My daughter is drawn to the elderly. Someone else I know has a love for troubled youth. And me? Well, I thought years ago my love was for my family and for those who were like me. In my cushioned, mapped-out life, I was...