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to encourage your heart and
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The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Stepping Into A New Season
For everything that happens in life—there is a season, a right time for everything under heaven... Ecclesiastes 3:1 VOICE "How's your new job going?" I'm getting asked this often lately. And I'm thankful so many people care and are interested in how I'm doing in my...
When Insecurity Robs Us
It's probably safe to say most of us in the U.S. realize it was a big day in our state of Iowa yesterday. But in case you missed it, yesterday was the Iowa Caucus. The first in the nation for this year's presidential election. I had never caucused before, and quite...
Love Note To My Lefes – January 2016
My monthly love note to the three I'm honored to call family: To Bill, Alissa & Zach, Here we are. Another month has slipped passed us. And, I'd say it was a great start to 2016. Going through my photos of us for the month, I realized I had two. (So, there's no...
When His Word Changes
In my youth the Bible was a book that didn't make sense to me. And since it didn't, I chose not to read it. I purchased my first Bible when I joined Bible Study Fellowship in 1997. My faith in Jesus began six years prior, so even though I loved Jesus through those...
Making Meals With My Daughter
Goodness, it's been one full day. My daughter came to visit and we spent the entire day preparing meals for the week ahead. We're both focused on eating healthy, and we know how easy it is to slip through a drive-thru at lunch, or arrive home after a full day of work...
Five Minute Friday – Quiet
It's that time of week again. Five Minute Friday. It's when many of us gather together on Twitter Thursday night for a Five Minute Friday party (#fmfparty). We catch up on life, get our one-word prompt, and go off on our own to write for five minutes straight with no...