How to Stop Being So Busy

“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Romans 7:15. I know that I have mentioned this before, but I am a bit of a people […]

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There is Love and Safety in Holding Hands

In the past, I have shared that my husband (in the early days of our relationship) was a “no public displays of affection” kinda guy. Now, we hold hands all the time; in the car, walking down the street or through the […]

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A Beautiful Life of Abundance

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10. Jesus came to give us a Beautiful Life of Abundance. Why is it that when we read this verse […]

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What Are the Rewards of This Life

“What are the rewards of this life” is a question that has been pondered for at least 3000 years, and possibly longer. We know that because King Solomon asked similar questions in the book of Ecclesiastes. The book of Ecclesiastes is one […]

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Are We Lifting Others Up

One of my favorites photographs is this one of our son lifting our grandson, to pick an apple. They had gone apple picking, as a family. And, when our son lifted my grandson to pick an apple, our daughter-in-love took this wonderful […]

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Giving Your Baggage to the Perfect Porter

Our daughter recently took our grandchildren on vacation. They’re little, between the ages of five and eight. She booked them on a direct flight, but they miss their initial flight and were rebooked on multiple connecting flights. Thankfully, our daughter did her […]

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The Foolish Things of the World Confound the Wise

In 1 Corinthians 1:27, it tells us that the foolish things of the world confound the wise. He designed it that way. “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak […]

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Make it to the Big Leagues

If you have been reading our blog for a while, you know that God allowed my husband and I to be part of a Baseball Ministry. It was rewarding, exhausting, agonizing and heart wrenching, as young men fought to make it to […]

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Why Did God Allow That Trial In My Life?

As I was cooking breakfast today, I began to think about some struggles, trials and/or sufferings that occurred in my life. I don’t know whether it was the conversation the night before, about when I used to carry my clothes in a […]

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I Did This For YOU!

A gentleman that I know, and love, recently confided in me that He is often disheartened when he asks someone to do something and they don’t do what he asked, but instead they do something completely unrelated. And, then the person behaves […]

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