Friendship can be so wonderful…and so messy too. What’s the difference between a casual acquaintance and a REAL friend? I saw a post on Facebook recently that said, “Hardest pill I swallowed was realizing I meant nothing to people that meant a lot to me.” (Source: Funny Sarcastic Grandma) The last time I looked that […]
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Don’cha just love when the thing you’re going through ends up being the exact thing you needed to make you better? I say this tongue in cheek of course, because none of us love going through the hard stuff, and we certainly don’t love those seasons of being refined. But because God loves us so
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Have you ever been waiting on something for so long you never thought it would ever happen? And it seemed like everywhere you turned, someone else was doing the thing you wanted to do, or receiving the very thing you’d been praying for? Or maybe something deeper is stirring in you. You sense the Lord
Ever been disappointed? Life doesn’t go as planned. You think it’s going one way, but it goes in an entirely different direction. When that happens we are tempted, sometimes, to question God and his plan for us. Why did He let this happen? Why did He not give us what we asked for? Sometimes the
It’s Summer! I love summer. The warmth, the sunshine, vacay with the fam-bam. I love the lack of routine for a little bit, a reprieve from making lunches and a calendar full of ALL. THE. THINGS. Even though mine are almost grown-ish and my days as an Uber driver are done, I love the slower
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Obstacles, Challenges, We all have them… Walking with Christ doesn’t guarantee an easy life, does it? Even when we do exactly what we’re supposed to be doing, we still face challenges at some point. These challenges can be minor bumps in the road, or life-altering challenges, but God is in control of it all and
Embrace all of it. Can you believe it’s Mother’s Day weekend already? For those of you moms tuning in, I salute you because motherhood is not for the faint of heart and I hope you feel SO VERY LOVED this weekend! What you do matters! You’re raising up the next generation! It is HARD, but
Was there ever a time in your life when you felt overwhelmed, but not by God? Would you describe it as an _underwhelm of God_ **or** an _overwhelm of the world_? My guest, Catherine Shea, realized that very thing had a lot to do with her anxiety and depression. If you can relate, then this
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There are so many parts of Peter’s story that I relate to…his boldness, his humanness, his “I GOT YOUR BACK” declarations, among many things. There have been times in my own life that I felt all of this – as someone with a tendency to speak before I think (anyone else?!), I’ve given some very
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Have you ever thought about the difference between being KIND and being NICE? Are they the same to you? And if not, how are they different? I was the new kid in school a LOT when I was young – my dad was a coach, so we moved around quite a bit. When I was
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