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Lent: A time for Returning
That is why the Lord says, “Turn to me now, while there is time.Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.”Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate,slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Joel 2:12-13 NLT Read more
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Failure or Opportunity?
While I was obtaining my certificate in Spiritual Formation a few years ago, I was introduced to the Enneagram and the personality types behind each number. I quickly realized I fit into the 9 perfectly, and from that have been intrigued by how that knowledge has played into my spiritual walk with the Lord. Every Read more
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Balancing Motherhood
Before I became a mother, I didn’t really think about the emotional burden of balancing motherhood and the life I was already living. When you become pregnant or are thinking about pregnancy, it’s natural to have conversations with your partner about the various situations you know will arise: returning to work, childcare, changes to daily Read more
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Looking Ahead: A Year for Fulfillment of Dreams
Let me be one of the first to say, welcome to 2024! It does not escape me that in speaking with a lot of my mom friends, 2023 seemed to be a hard year. There were many reasons this could have been: maybe you dealt with residuals from the pandemic, maybe you had family issues Read more
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Post-Christmas Prayer
Heavenly Father–Creator, Preserver and Lover of Heaven and Earth: Thank you for sending your son to us in the precious form of an infant–small, fragile, yet bursting with the joy and hope you had already promised your people. As we look at our own children, remind us of the gift of humility–of recognizing our own Read more
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Trusting the Lord to Fight for You
“…The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14 NIV As 2024 is rapidly approaching, I have been battling within myself on what to “do next.” I know we all go through it at one point or another. Maybe you are no longer fulfilled in your job–maybe you’ve completed a season of Read more
Additional Writing
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A Break for Rest & Reflection
Friends, thank you SO MUCH for being part of the One Year Bible plan with me! I wanted so desperately to get ahead in the plan so that while I’m on vacation there would still be posts coming out, but lo! I have to accept my limitations. For the next week, there won’t be daily Read more
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Day 47: Lonely Places
Leviticus 1-3; Mark 1:29-45, 2:1-12; Psalms 35:17-28; Proverbs 9:13-18 I love that on day 47 we have moved into new books of the Bible: Leviticus and Mark. I’ll be honest, these books of the Old Testament are a bit of a struggle for me to get through, but we push on because they are important Read more
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Day 45: Prayer Prompts on Wisdom
Exodus 37-38; Matthew 28; Psalms 34:11-22; Proverbs 9:9-10 “Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”(Proverbs 9:9-10 NIV) Father God, what does wisdom look like to you? Father Read more
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Day 44: Surely He was the Son of God
Exodus 35:10-35, 36; Matthew 27:32-66; Psalms 34:1-10; Proverbs 9:7-8 “When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, ‘Surely he was the Son of God!’” (Matthew 27:54 NIV) When you compare the world of today to the world of Jesus Read more
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Day 43: A Prayer of Thanks for Jesus’ Blood
Exodus 34-35:1-9; Matthew 27:15-31; Psalms 33:12-22; Proverbs 9:1-6 “All the people answered, ‘His blood is on us and on our Children!’” (Matthew 27:25 NIV) Father God, thank you that the Israelites spoke the truth that day, truer than in any way they could have meant. Father, thank you that Jesus blood is upon us–thank you Read more
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Day 42: Our Golden Calf
Exodus 32-33; Matthew 26:69-75, 27:1-14; Psalms 33:1-11; Proverbs 8:33-36 “When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, ‘Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what Read more
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