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September Prayers
Dear Lord, Thank you for bringing Us home. I’m sorry for the days I don’t say Thank you And mean it. Thank you for the cold air On my face And light mist rains. Thank you for foggy mountains And a sky that goes for days. Thank you for fires In the stove And soup…
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Shh, child.
My pen has been quiet Lately. I think – It’s my vice, This thinking. Pondering and contemplating Spur into anxiety and worrying. This running, racing, My mind, forever testing and retracing The odds and possibilities, Going back and replanning, Missed moments and slips, Lips closed instead of opened, Words held, left unspoken. And these reruns,…
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All Things To All People
I’ve been considering 1 Corinthians 9:22 a lot the past few months. Then today, this concept cropped up in my devo, so I figured it was time to stop sitting on it and hit publish. This verse says, “I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save…
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A Slow Burn & A White-Hot Why
When I was a kid I went through a phase where I was so afraid of fire that my mom bought me a fire escape ladder to keep under my bed in my second-story bedroom. I was an anxious child, okay, – I’m just thankful for a mom who humored me. I still have a…
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Free Indeed
For those of you that don’t know, I’ve taken up a new hobby of woodburning in the past few months. It’s been so fun making pieces for friends, family, and even a few strangers. But this piece, it’s just for me, for my walls. Last March God gave me the word FREE, and I’ve spent…
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Harmonies
Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time in the beautiful country of Colombia. We had many fun moments and a few hard ones too, but through it all one theme emerged loudest for me. I think it was illustrated best for me after a night ministering to the homeless community with a…
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Dayenu
I have had this concept on my heart for a while now, but felt like today was the time to write it down. I first heard about Dayenu when a friend’s dad used this structure to write about a hard time in their family’s life. It moved me deeply then, and, as I prepared to…
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Isaiah 41
I’m currently reading through the book of Isaiah with a friend, and it has been so fun. We’ve been doing one chapter a day, a more than two month undertaking, but I’m proud to say we’ve been going strong. We’ve had a few hiccups here and there, but we have grace for each other, and…
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Anxiety & Bad Avocados
Doesn’t that picture just make you SO sad? Same. But this story isn’t really about avocados. Today has been a day of me having to be really real with God. It’s 1 in the afternoon, I haven’t washed my hair yet, and the avocado I opened for my lunch was completely rotten (THE worst!). My…
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Fix Your Eyes
I was asked to write out my testimony a few weeks ago for my upcoming trip to Colombia. I had not yet written out this story, though I have shared bits and pieces of it with many as it has unfolded over the past year, and I figured it was time to get it down…