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to encourage your heart and
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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
20 Ways To Replenish A Wearied Soul
You're on the go. You're chief cook and bottle washer. You're trying to keep everything going and everyone happy. Some days there's more on your to-do list than hours to do them. Keeping your head above water feels like the biggest accomplishment on these kinds of...
Love Yourself By Taking Care Of Yourself
When was the last time you did something out of love for yourself? When was the last time you did something just for you? Yesterday's post on my other blog got me thinking. Has it been awhile? Is time flying by at warp speed, and you're doing all you can to just keep...
Loving Those Who Are Hard To Love
Loving those who love us. That, for the most part, is easy to do, isn't it? Those who: Show us love. Tell us "I love you" often. Are kind to us. Show grace to us. But what about loving those who are hard to love? Those who: Aren't kind. Don't like us. Are down-right...
17 Ways To Show Love To A Stranger (Without Being Creepy!)
When was the last time you or I showed love to a complete stranger? Have we ever? We're walking through our 31 Days of Loving God & Loving Others. Today, Day 9, we are looking at loving those we don't know. Why would we want to do such a thing?? It can be simple...
Loving Instead of Competing
Competition can be a good thing. I certainly like it when my Cardinals and Colts win, and when my son's soccer team wins! But when it reaches to places like among friends, family members, co-workers, fellow moms and dads, neighbors, and each other, it can become a...
The Best Of The Three Is Love
We attended our cousin's wedding on the farm over the weekend. It was beautiful. Her brother, another cousin, performed the lovely ceremony. He read one of my favorite scriptures, which was read at our wedding, and is often heard at many others. It's 1 Corinthians 13....