When was the last time you were just barely holding on to hope? In the darkest of circumstances, hope is what we cling to - that glimmer that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Our hearts are breaking for the people of Haiti who are just barely clinging to hope right now. When Kevin and I visited this impoverished country years ago, we thought things couldn't get any worse. ...
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While driving to work today, my attitude wasn’t so great. More often than not, I’m a bit like Tigger from Winnie-the-Pooh, but today I felt like Eeyore. I know in my head that stress and demands exhaust my spirit, but the journey from my head to my heart is a long one. On days like this, I look back through my journals. Doing this helps me remember that life is a ...
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This thing called life is an awfully long journey. For some, it seems an endless trip, filled with thankless responsibilities and relentless tasks, disappointments and deadlines, and daily demands.
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Here’s the truth – loving others is challenging. God designed it that way. Love, as He defines it, is meant to be a powerful witness of His character and His love. In the early Church, believers were a stark contrast to the rest of the world because their hearts were ablaze with love for one another. Now that’s easy when all is good and right in our corner of the ...
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Aren’t old photo’s great? We have albums and boxes of them in storage at our house and I can spend hours looking at all of them. Those pictures bring back such great memories of important dates, holidays and family vacations. In some of our beach vacation pictures there are shots of me carrying all the stuff our family of 6 needed for a day at the beach. I looked like a pack-mule! I’m piled up ...
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Sometimes when people stare at us, that question goes through our mind; other times it may come out of our mouth! Maybe we feel imperfect, unfit, not pretty or handsome enough to meet the standard, or just self-conscious. But the question would be better to ask ourselves rather than others. What are you looking at? Are you looking for approval from others? Maybe it’s to blend with the crowd so ...
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We talk a lot about love but know less about it today than any generation since the time of Christ. It’s amazing how the word “love” can be misused.
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Our faith and NASCAR – ok, this may seem like a stretch, but hang with me here a minute. There really is a point to this. I have been a race fan, specifically NASCAR, since I was a little girl. My daddy raised me right – he raised me on NASCAR! So of course I was watching the latest Atlanta Motor Speedway Race when an interesting fact emerged. Star driver, Brad Keselowski and his wife, had ...
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Some days are just incredibly tough.
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