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Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice. Pray. Give thanks. 3 more words that I long to live. I try, and I wonder why it doesn’t come naturally. It should, I think to myself, and yet I [...]
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Another Monday here, which means another weekend past… We had a rough couple days there with last week’s blood sugar testing, well, I did anyway. The headache I ended up with after my blood sugar dropped was rather unpleasant. It was one of those “I’ll be in bed for the afternoon if anyone needs me” [...]
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Intentional. Joyful. Grace-filled. Those are my words to focus on this year. I want to be more intentional, to live life more than be lived, to examine what my priorities really are and to live a life in line with what’s truly important. I want to be more joyful. I’ve battled the depression monster for [...]
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It’s been cold outside. To tell you the truth, it’s been rather cold inside our home too. We awoke, once again, to 60 degrees in the house this morning, the fire having died out in the night, and the sub-zero temps outside creeping in around drafty windows and doors. Nothing gives me the urge to [...]
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Today, it’s all about Him. It’s about who He is and what He has done. It’s about what that means. Mr. Extraordinary’s grandfather passed away very recently. He was older and had lived a full life, but death is still hard, death is still sad, even when we know it’s coming. But death is not [...]
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Hers was the most peaceful natural delivery of them all. It just was. 8 yrs ago this past week, I was trying to be patient, trying not to despair about being 5 days past my due date. Again. I had been trying just about every “natural labor induction” method known to woman, wanting ever so badly [...]
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Just last week… Our Little Miss Mercy left home a 3 yr old, and returned from our little vacation a brand-new, great-big, verifiable 4 yr old. Just ask her, she’ll show you on her fingers, and count them out in her soft little voice. She’s pretty pleased about it all, and she may even ask [...]
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561. Cozy sweaters 562. Lingering sunshine as Autumn prepares the way for Winter 563. Our youngest, Baby J, turning 2, and perhaps no longer qualifying for the “baby” in his name. He’s now a great big rough-and-tumble all-boy Joseph, or Josephus Maximus, as I often call him… 564. Tiny flutters turning into unmistakable kicks and [...]
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