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Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him
Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...
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Dec 8, 20203 min read
Intentional Sisterhood
Jealousy. One of the enemy’s very favorite weapons, sweet sisters. A weapon that all-too-often creates a spiraling train wreck of...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
God has secured His place...
Have you met it yet? Have you hit it? Have you? Were you already there? Are you there now? Do you feeling it coming? Your breaking point?...
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Nov 28, 20203 min read
The Most Humbling Moment of Motherhood
I never knew when I took this photo. I never knew. How could I have? At only eight years old. I am not really sure why I even took the...
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Nov 27, 20202 min read
God Already Knew...
God knew about 2020, you know? He already knew. He knew it was coming. What if this is the year He has been waiting for, as the world's...
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Nov 26, 20202 min read
Can You Still See Him?
Can you feel Him? Can you still feel Him? Can you? Holding your weary frame as you stumble through your day. Wiping your steamy tears,...
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Nov 25, 20203 min read
By the Goodness of God
"...although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want..."...
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Nov 14, 20201 min read
For I Know the Plans...
"For I know the plans," said the Lord. "Why not I?" asked the child. "Because you could not handle seeing them," He replied. For I know...
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Nov 13, 20202 min read
He Holds Us
I couldn't get her to stop crying. She was overtired. She was restless. She was completely inconsolable. I tried to let her cry it out...
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Nov 8, 20203 min read
It's hard to be in a race with someone...
Do you ever think about how many races we line up for in our lives? Races that were never, ever ours to run. Yet, there we are, opinions...
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Oct 19, 20203 min read
Fighting the Fight by Keeping the Faith
Three weeks ago, I fell asleep at our dining room table. Our temporary homeschooling table. A quarter-to-four in the afternoon, as our...
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Oct 7, 20202 min read
When His grace meets our messes
Today, I met God at the dishwasher. I never planned on meeting Him there. But, that's where we found one another. The distractions of the...
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Sep 26, 20202 min read
Just Ten Minutes
What I wouldn’t give some days for just ten minutes. Ten minutes of a clean counter. Ten minutes of an empty sink. Ten minutes of extra...
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Sep 22, 20202 min read
You are not invisible, sweet mama.
It's those ultra-humbling moments, precious mamas. The behind-the-scenes ones. Seen by no eyes other than yours and God's. The ones you...
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Sep 18, 20202 min read
The Beauty in a Baby Doll: "It's okay."
“But I don’t want to grow up!” she sobbed through her tears. “I don’t want to get bigger and older. I just want to stay my age!” So many...
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Sep 18, 20202 min read
The Breath a Mama Takes
There are these days of motherhood that threaten to absolutely break you. Completely crumble you to pieces. Shake you to your core. Split...
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Sep 17, 20203 min read
Dear Mama: You are Enough
To the mama, who hasn't felt put together in what seems like years... To the mama, who is struggling to keep her house organized... To...
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Sep 16, 20201 min read
Thank you God, for tomorrow.
Thank you for tomorrow," her gentle four-year-old voice whispered into my ear, as I kissed her good-night. "Tomorrow, already, sweet...
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