Tag: God
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Before You Say Never
Caught up on Grey’s Anatomy over the weekend. The episode was called “Look Up Child”. One of the character doctor’s named Jackson went to visit the man who fathered him. His father left him and his mom when Jackson was a child. He had questions for his dad, Robert. Jackson was doing some internal searching…
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Hard Things
The other day I got some unexpected snail mail. I love getting cards in the mail. Don’t you? Inside the beautiful card was a book magnet. It was also beautiful. Then I read the inscription. “You can do hard things.” My eyes widened, my heart took a few extra beats and I thought, “Oh, Lord…what…
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Label Maker
We love our labels, don’t we? Go to any pinterest board and you can find plenty of creative ways to label all the things. Even when it’s evident what’s in the container, we slap a label on it. Why? There’s a type of comfort in a label. As if a label is all we are.…
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The People of Walmart
I locked my keys in my car today. Good times! But, my son was already in the parking lot because we planned to go to lunch. So he hopped back on his motorcycle and headed to the house to get the spare key to my vehicle. #Hero I took the opportunity to get out of the…
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How Big Is Your Shield
“Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given…
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Go Away…
As I listened to the radio on my drive to work, a huge smile spread across my face as an old familiar tune played through the speakers. As soon as Donny Osmond started to sing “Go Away Little Girl,” I couldn’t help but sing along with him. If you could see me right now, you’d…
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Torn Between Two Lovers
Now, if you know me, you know I love to sing. I once had a friend tell me that when I was going in for a CT scan, they would find a jukebox in my brain. HA! Songs pop in and out of my head constantly. From the moment I wake up, till I go…
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What’s In Your Treasure Chest?
When I was a little girl, I adored peeking into my grandmother’s jewelry box and playing with the baubles inside. I can still “see” and “smell” what I considered to be my personal treasure chest. The black leather box had a top that flipped open as well as several drawers that had delicate silver knobs…
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The Choice You Choose
The hard fact of the matter is, you may not like it, you may not agree with it, but it is their body and it is their choice. Please, hear me out. Your right to believe in something does not give you the right to stomp all over someone else’s choice and make them feel…
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There’s More To Your Story
He wanted to die. For whatever reason, life on this side of Heaven is not what he wanted. Maybe it was too big a disappointment. Maybe it was too hard. Maybe it was too painful or maybe, just maybe, it was the separation of his earthly vessel from His Heavenly Creator that caused a cavernous…
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499 Days
One of my favorite things to do in a pool is simply…float. Not much effort required except to stay afloat. Lying somewhat submerged with my ears covered by the water, eyes closed without a care in the world, body relaxed…I float. I don’t have to think, I don’t have to fix anything, I don’t have…
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Gimme a “K”…Gimme an “E”….
I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what my beautiful niece was starting to cheer spell. So I listened as she kept going. Gimme a “T” and another “T” and then it dawned on me. She’s cheer spelling her last name. Kettell. Pronounced (Kah-tell) I have to admit, I was taken back as…
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Will You Love Me?
Have you ever tried to “win” someone’s love? You went out of your way to show them you love them by being there, by paying attention to what they like and surprising them with those things? Have you ever dropped everything to go and help them and yet, you get nothing in return? Your pay…
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I gave him permission…
I saw the signs…friends pointed out the signs…I ignored the signs. I wanted him more than those things I thought could be overlooked or in my mind…fixed. Surely he loves me enough to want to change those things, why he even asked me to help him overcome his jealousy. Awww!! How sweet, see, he wants…
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One
It took one God to create the entire earth into being and everything in it. It took one serpent to entice one woman to eat one fruit from one tree and pass that one fruit to one man to create sin. It took one brother to kill another brother to create murder. It took one…
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Losing My Religion
Maybe it’s not a blog post I need to write. Maybe it’s just putting down all the various thoughts running through my head. I prayed….maybe not the right prayers…I sought…but didn’t really know what I was seeking or who for that matter I was asking these things of. People I was surrounded with called him…
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Stay away from my husband…
Even though it was a voice I had never heard over the phone or ever before for that matter, I knew she was hurt, angry, and territorial despite her trembling voice which gave away the fear behind her words. I was doing something upstairs in my bedroom when my son came in and handed me…
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Lackluster Faith
I’m so stinkin’ excited and honored to be a guest over on my friend Jamy Whitaker’s blog today!! We met through Proverbs 31 Online Bible Studies and we actually got to meet in person at the She Speaks conference last year. I love the way God orchestrates life!! I invite you to click on the…
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I wanted to be a cheerleader
Once upon a time, I had this dream. I wanted to be a cheerleader. I’m not sure at the time I wanted to be a cheerleader for the right reasons. The right reason in my opinion was because I was so proud of my school that I wanted to represent. No, I wanted to be…
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Please Don’t Inject Color Here
Some years ago, I had this friend. She was beautiful. Every time I looked at her, I thought how pretty she was, and one day I decided to tell her. She thanked me and the days passed by one by one. Telling someone they were pretty back then didn’t come naturally to me. Maybe inside…
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Would you get married if…
Every little girl dreams of the day she will get married. Maybe the vision starts with Barbie marrying G. I. Joe, or some other set of toy dolls. Maybe it starts with wrapping a sheet around her body and holding some dandelions plucked from the yard as she walks down the aisle to a stuffed…
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I wasn’t equipped to handle it
Abuse, whether it’s caused by your own actions or someone else’s, unless you deal with it, it will deal with you. It will haunt you, rob you of joy and suck the life right out of you and those around you. When I was in the military, community outreach was always promoted as…
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#Beneficial~~no good, stinkin’ thinkin’ thoughts
I’ve heard when God is really trying to get your attention; you will come across the same verse frequently and sometimes in various forms. Well, He must really want my attention because He’s been bringing Philippians 4:8 in my daily devotionals, the on-line Bible Study (Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst) I’m doing and He’s…
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#Peace~~Getcha some!!
“#Peace– Is it possible to make #peace with the realities of our bodies? How?” This is one of the topics over at Proverbs 31 Blog Hop for our on-line Bible study Made to Crave by Lysa TerKeurst. There were more, topics but this one reached out to me as soon as I read it. My first…
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#Empowered to Love
Temper tantrums. According to Wikipedia “a tantrum or temper tantrum is an emotional outbreak, usually associated with children or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, defiance, angry, ranting, a resistance to attempts at pacification and, at some cases, hitting. Physical control may be lost, the person may be unable to remain still, and…
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Danger–Do Not Enter
Did you ever really notice just how many road signs there are? There are even some where I’m like, what does that one mean? Good grief I’m ever so thankful I already passed my driver’s test. But as I looked ahead today as I was driving, I saw a “do not enter,” sign. Pretty clear…
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The Blame Game
It’s been happening ever since we heard about Adam and Eve. Eve blamed the serpent for eating the fruit she was forbidden to eat, Adam blamed Eve and the serpent and so it begins. But, did you notice what happened to Eve? How about Adam? Did Adam get away with what Eve “made” him do? …
Blessed to be Broken 