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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 9, 20202 min read
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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 8, 20203 min read
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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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Dec 2, 20202 min read
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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 28, 20203 min read
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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 27, 20202 min read
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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,...
easpenner
Nov 26, 20202 min read
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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 25, 20203 min read
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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...
easpenner
Nov 14, 20201 min read
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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...
easpenner
Nov 13, 20202 min read
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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...
easpenner
Nov 8, 20203 min read
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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 19, 20203 min read
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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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Oct 7, 20202 min read
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Oct 6, 20200 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 19, 20202 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 17, 20203 min read
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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...
easpenner
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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