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Counting all Joy
Photo: courtesy Christina Fox It started with the dryer breaking, then the car, then the pool pump, then the well, and ended with the garage door. One after another, all in the space of a few weeks....
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Dear Body of Mine…
Dear Body of Mine, I owe you an apology. For years and years I’ve been trying to change you. I’ve been trying to force you to match the skinny image in my head while cramming junk food down your...
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When God Sings To You
It’s hard to give thanks when you’re fighting a battle. When it feels like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling, when you don’t know what the next day – or even the next minute – will bring,...
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Embracing Silliness and Other Pre-Adolescent Qualities
“Would you stop that?!” It was hard to believe that the eight year old’s words were directed at her eleven year old brother. (Ok. . . maybe not so weird, but in context. . . yes, weird. Just work with...
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The Glory of Gratitude
The past three weeks have found me taking care of a wonderful 6 month old puppy named Cinder, for Freedom Service Dogs. She is a double – doodle which means both parents were labradoodles! Anyway, I...
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What If… {CMA}
What if we stop judging our own efforts as ‘not enough’? What if we stop looking at the big, overwhelming goal and thinking, ‘I have so far to go!’ What if we just begin the work and take as many...
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Thankful In All?
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Have you ever been so content, so thankful, that you could burst? Those times when life is...
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Gearing up for the holidays. . . {CMA}
Christmas cookies, by LarkspurLazuli Oh it is that time again, friends. Christmas cookies and egg nog, and all sorts of family gatherings and reunions and excuses to celebrate friendship, family, food...
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LOVE in a Manger
With Christmas upon us once again, many are rushing around to purchase the perfect gift for family or friends. We spend much time on these special gifts of the season. I don’t know about you, but I...
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The KING Has Come! | A MLG Playlist Exclusive
This was the first year I pulled out my Christmas music prior to Thanksgiving. I’ll just let you imagine the horror on my husband’s face when this went down. I used the argument that our toddler...
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Love Came to Stay
It’s advent season. For four weeks, people all over the world are following devotionals, reading stories, doing crafts and hanging ornaments on trees. They are preparing their hearts for a celebration...
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More Than a Mother’s Love
I’ll never forget the joy I felt as my husband and I brought our boys home from the hospital. Each time was an amazing, incredible experience, but there was some nervousness, too. With our oldest, we...
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Wishes for Joy
Dear friends, We hope and pray that you are with those you love as we prepare to celebrate the arrival of the God turned babe turned Savior of the world. Embrace one another tightly, sing a little...
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A Journey to Stillness
My “one word” for 2012 was still, based on the verse, “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) I chose this verse with the hope that my life would slow down so I could actually sit still in...
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Redeemed
The past several days, each and every time I wake up I keep hearing the same lyrics in my head. This is impressive because, any more, I’m up at least every 3 hours, if not more often. I find myself...
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A New Diagnosis
A new diagnosis in our family. Type 2 diabetes. With it a new awareness. Changes. For the person diagnosed and for the whole family. Changes in diet. Changes in exercise. This isn’t just a diagnosis...
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My One Word: Reckless
I’m a very shy person. (To my close friends who are reading this and laughing – stop. I know you well, so you don’t count!) Until I get to know someone, until I’m comfortable in a situation, I tend...
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Not Where My Story Ends
The expectation at “New Year” is to look back over the last year, remember it, and turn to the new year with new resolution. While that seems like a wonderful idea, sometimes I think we look back and...
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All Things Possible
It was a tall order for me. I’m certain others wouldn’t have thought that when they saw my One Word for 2012. But oh, if you really knew me. May I share something with you? Being Intentional was a...
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New Clothes for 2013
I am leading you along a way that is uniquely right for you. This is the first line, penned by Sarah Young, for the December 30th reflection in her devotional book Jesus Calling. Have you ever REALLY...
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