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The Power of Community!
Every day we get up not knowing what the day will bring. However, life can turn on a dime, and you need a good support system when it does. Your community is what surrounds you in the good and bad times. The Gift of the Community Recently, I was reminded of the gift community gives…
Strength from God for My Balancing Act
As a little girl, I always dreamed of being a hard working woman. I played with my dolls and stuffed animals, but they weren’t my children like how my seven year old daughter plays. They were my students. I would set up my classroom in the dining room right in front of the bookshelf that…
How Does Healing Work?
This week I witnessed a miracle. Our second grandchild was born last Sunday, a little girl. She’s as beautiful as her older sister, who was born only a year ago now. God is in the miracle business, just like he was back in Enoch’s day, and Noah’s day, and Moses’, and King David’s, and Hannah’s,…
4 Things To Try If You Feel Melancholy
Do you ever feel melancholy? Google defines melancholy this way, “a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.” As someone who struggles with depression, I feel melancholy a lot. And that’s where today found me. I felt sad and lethargic for no apparent reason. This should be a joyful time in my life. My mom…
Love Your Enemies… Even If You Don’t Think You Have Any
“Love your enemies.”-Matthew 5:44(NIV) Clearly, Jesus was not talking about me. His audience must have been the “thousands of years ago brutal mob who was known to occasionally throw stones and needed some serious behavioral modification.” Not me. I don’t have any enemies! At least, I don’t think so… I’m a suburban housewife with four…
How to Cope with Life Transitions
I’m a mess. Between my oldest son leaving for the army and his younger brother graduating high school, it seems like all I do is cry. Life transitions are hard. Like, really hard. Whether you have a graduate or are starting a new job, life transitions impact your life in more ways than one. No…
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