January 2011
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December 2010
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Reflections on the Last Day of the Year:
As I think about 2010, I have some great memories, but more than anything else I think about how this has been a year for growth. Growth is almost always a little painful, but also worth it in the end. I’m sure I will face more growing pains in 2011, but I am looking forward to the changes that I feel coming on. I’m looking forward to what God has in store for me, because I know it is...
Reflections on the Last Day of the Year:
As I think about 2010, I have some great memories, but more than anything else I think about how this has been a year for growth. Growth is almost always a little painful, but also worth it in the end. I’m sure I will face more growing pains in 2011, but I am looking forward to the changes that I feel coming on. I’m looking forward to what God has in store for me, because I know it is...
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“O God-when I have food,
Help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work,
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– Anonymous (via drybonesclaimyourlife)
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“O God-when I have food,
Help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work,
...”
– Anonymous (via drybonesclaimyourlife)
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10 Ways to Love:
Listen without interrupting - Proverbs 18
Speak without accusing - James 1:19
Give without sparing - Provers 21:26
Pray without ceasing - Colossians 1:9
Answer without arguing - Proverbs 17:1
Share without pretending - Ephesians 4:15
Enjoy without complaint - Philippians 7:14
Trust without wavering - Corinthians 13:7
Forgive without punishing - Colossians 3:13
Promise without forgetting...
Thank you, Lord, for quiet days of peaceful...
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“Christian life is not a philosophy, a program, a set of priciples - it is Christ...”
– Frederic Roosevelt Finstrom (via joshuarice)
“Christian life is not a philosophy, a program, a set of priciples - it is Christ...”
– Frederic Roosevelt Finstrom (via joshuarice)
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10 Ways to Love:
Listen without interrupting - Proverbs 18
Speak without accusing - James 1:19
Give without sparing - Provers 21:26
Pray without ceasing - Colossians 1:9
Answer without arguing - Proverbs 17:1
Share without pretending - Ephesians 4:15
Enjoy without complaint - Philippians 7:14
Trust without wavering - Corinthians 13:7
Forgive without punishing - Colossians 3:13
Promise without forgetting...
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What are some of the things you would like to...
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Surrendering in the New Year
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in...
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God didn't say love would be easy
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters
1 John 3:16
We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And...
If a man claims to love you, and the heart of...
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My version of the traditional Christmas Carol,...
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What I Want For Christmas Is...
To get up in the quiet of the early morning and read God’s Word by the twinkling lights of the Christmas Tree.
To sit and sip coffee beside my Pappaw, before anyone else is awake.
To bundle up and walk my dogs, hand in hand with my husband.
To watch the faces of my brothers and my nephew as they open their Christmas gifts.
To sing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus with my entire...
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Creator God,
Thank you for continually creating new things in me and through me.
Please use the brush strokes of my life to bring You glory!!
Love always,
Your daughter
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Getting my Joy Back
There was a time when I laughed a lot, I smiled constantly, I dreamed vividly, and I lived with constant hope of endless possibilities. I was an optimist to the core, and I truly believed that nothing was impossible with God! But slowly, that part of me was lulled to sleep until it almost felt as if that person didn’t exist anymore.
It happened so gradually that I didn’t even notice...
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
– Sylvia Plath
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