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Decision-making

One of the things I miss deeply living as a solo mom is having my husband as my “sounding board” and as a faithful “objective guide” who had my best…
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Hope for the Widow: In Your Zarephath

In I Kings 17:1-24, a powerful story is recorded. Because of King Ahab and the people of Israel’s sin, the land was enduring a God-supervised severe drought. Amid it all,…
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Psalm 143: When God seems distant or silent

There is inner struggle; a heaviness on your shoulder. You are longing for God to do something amazing…yet there is a sense of disappointment… it seems God doesn’t hear??…Doesn’t care?…
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Does my loved one who passed away even care about us anymore?

Hebrews eleven hallmarks great people of Scripture who each had a unique faith journey and who now sit in Heaven cheering us here and now on our unique journeys.There is…
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Tender Mercies

In the roll of a grief wave my tear-blurred eyes were searching Scripture for that “thread” of hope to cling to while riding the wave…when I landed here: Psalm 145:9…
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Healthy “Birds” Always Leave the Nest

Thoughts when young adult children step into their futures long-distance Because of the spacing of my fabulous five, every stage in my mothering journey has lasted a decade. A decade…
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What if there is no “Platform” or double blessing?

We have a perception in our Christian culture that leads us to believe that facing, embracing, and walking through trials will bring us a platform on which Christ will be…
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Seizing the Moments

I was a young mom. I was doing my routine grocery shopping with my two-year old and his infant brother. While usually a good boy while shopping, this time, my…
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Making God His favorite “Chocolate chip Cookies”

Chocolate Chip cookies were my husband’s favorite cookies. Early in my marriage I longed to make a “perfect” cookie for him. He had an ideal cookie, and my family recipe…
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Stinking Thinking:

Fear, Anger, Discontentment, Envy, Strife, Unforgiveness, & Disillusionment I John 4:1-4 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are…
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