Dedicated to Kathy Purves, who embodied the faith I hope to grow into. Short on time? Download this post as a free pdf. What is God like? What is His personality? When we question God’s character, it often leads to other questions, such as: Does God care about me personally? Is He involved enough and […]
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My cousin, Sarah, saw my apprehension and made a promise: “I’ll stand here and watch him the whole time,” she said, “I won’t take my eyes off him.” We were standing over the small form of my 22-month-old son, Luke, who lay unconscious in a hospital bed in the pediatric intensive care unit. A fat
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“Daddy’s going to live by himself for a while. But we love you, and that’s never going to change.” No one gets married expecting to say these words to their precious children. Once, we sat together rubbing a hand over a large belly and imagining the happy future of the child within. But this wasn’t
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This is part 2 on How to Make Your Home into Your Dream Sanctuary. To read part 1, click here. In my last post on making our homes into our sanctuary, we discussed how our attitudes affect our home and what we can do about it, as well as how to create a welcoming environment,
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This is the first post in a series about creating sanctuary in our homes. Join me and fellow readers over the next few weeks as we “fluff our nests”. Let’s get started. Pssst…if you like this post, will you share it on Facebook and Pinterest? Thanks! You know the place. It’s a white farmhouse in
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If you like this message and think it could help someone, please share it. Thanks! I had a season of life not long ago when anxiety ruled my days and haunted my nights. This painful period provoked questions about God: why is He letting me suffer? Why doesn’t He feel close? What does it feel
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Hi! If this post inspires you, would you consider sharing it on Pinterest or Facebook? Thanks! Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 NKJV A boy, head down, muscles taut, legs spotted with bruises, pulling a red wagon through the yard.
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Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be
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Hi, you made it! Since you survived the super-long part 1 devotional on Psalm 1, you might as well tough it out and read part 2, below. Didn’t catch part 1? Read it here. In part 1, we learned about avoiding trouble by 1. Being careful who we allow to influence us, and ensuring that
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1 John 3:18 “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” How many of us are living lies, and don’t know it? Too many stay-at-home moms – and women who want to stay home – get trapped by misinformation about the stay-at-home lifestyle. Dreams and
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