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Encouragement for every season of lifeThe Prayer of Faith
For any relationship to not only survive, but thrive, communication must be at the center of it. No matter where you are in your relationship with Jesus Christ, the need for communication is a fact that you will need to come to terms with. When we first enter into...
Choosing Grace Over Griping.
I am a fixer. A problem-solver. And I can get hung up on what could be, what should be, instead of being thankful for what is. And when faced with the fragility and the shortcomings of those whose lives intersect my own, it is sometimes tempting to focus on their...
Finding Balance in a Do It All World
There is a REAL struggle to have it all. Be it all. Do it all. No matter how good I become at suppressing these aching thoughts and emotions, they always seem to creep back, winding their way into my brain through unsuspecting venues. We’ve all heard the warnings of...
Where’s the Waiter?
We stopped at a fast food spot for lunch the other day. Though normally I try to eat a little bit healthier than that, sometimes it’s just a necessary part of life when traveling from one spot to another. I mean, when you’re trying to get to your grandchildren,...
When Love Walks Away
The fall of 2012 will always remain in my memory as a season of tragic loss for me. I don’t recall another time where I felt so stripped down, empty, and so utterly alone. Despite the beautiful colors of fall, signifying that year’s harvest coming to a close, I was...
Yes, You Need to Forgive
Forgiveness. As a woman of God, you would think that I would have forgiveness completely understood by now. But I don’t. Many of us know the verses in Matthew, directing us to forgive one another so that we, too, may be forgiven, yet for some reason we hang on to...
Suffocating
There I sat, in the middle of the bare, hardwood floor of my just-above-ground-level apartment. It was January in Minnesota, and I was wondering where my extra blanket could be. Newly married, I was waiting anxiously to start my first ever full-time job the next week....
Fear
Post-secondary education while still in high school was introduced while I was a student. That was in the late 1980’s, and I decided to participate in this experimental option my senior year. I’d always gotten good grades and I was an independent worker, so it seemed...
So You Want to Be the Boss?
So you want to be the boss? At some point or another, everyone dreams of leaving his or her job and becoming the person in charge. Maybe you are tired of doing seemingly ridiculous tasks, or you want the freedom to dictate the hours you work. If you were Queen for a...
