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JESUS!
it’s amazing to me just how much the Lord is in the details of our lives. I was walking home from work feeling a little sad. Not for any specific reason, really. I had just listened to a “Faith Bomb” that I had done about my seasonal depression and how the Lord was there for me. I remembered what a heavy time that was and it brought that sadness to the forefront. Why does this sadness have to show up? Then, not two minutes into this walk, I saw something on the ground. I passed it, but I thought I…
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The Miracle of Gratitude
Yesterday I wandered outside before it was too hot and sat in my swing chair. Usually I’ve got an earbud in my ear listening to something or talking to someone on the phone, constantly adding noise pollution to my thoughts. I took my earbud out and listened all around me. It was quiet. No sound at all. Then, I saw about 20 birds over in the park flying from the ground to the tree. I saw the action before I heard it. I leaned in, carefully listening to the birds. Then I heard them. Quiet at first, and then as…
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The “Faith” Crisis
Several years ago I was at a point in my life where I was questioning many of the choices I had made throughout my life, particularly my choice of faith. I had seen many of my friends leave the church over several different reasons. It really made me question why I was still going to church. I wasn’t really getting much out of it at the time, and really looking back, could see myself as just ‘going through the motions’. I belonged. Was that enough? In the middle of this faith crisis, I evaluated all the beautiful things I had…
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Again
Well friends, I’ve done it again. Just when I think I have victory over a challenge in my life, It’s ugly head creeps up, again. I’m not perfect. I know that part already. I also know this life isn’t about finding perfection. It’s about placing value in God rather than the things of this world. It’s finding more room in your heart for God than the game you are playing on your phone for hours, scrolling on social media way too long, or any addiction that takes our focus away from Him. The solution to any problem sounds so simple.…
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We’re In This Together
Last night I played a softball game with nine other people. We were down 13 points by the last inning, playing the #1 team. It seemed pretty bleak. We were up to bat last. In order to win this game, we would need to rotate through the batting box at least fourteen times before we had three strikeouts. As each of us got up to bat, rather than focusing on a home run hit, we each just aimed to get on the base. The score started to change. First, they were 13 points ahead. Then 9. Then, we had just…
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Just Trust Me
Have you ever had a week where you told God “look. I know you are going to tell me that everything is going to be ok but this time I’m not sure you are right.” We have a convention that we are heading to this week. In the past week, I received an email with a cost I wasn’t aware of, bringing my total of show costs up so high, I thought there might not be any profit to be had. I was so discouraged with “the future” of this show, I completely shut down. I knew if I turned…
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Finding Him
Last summer I had a chance to go to a Toby Mac concert. I’m a lover of christian music and so I couldn’t wait! I enlisted my two daughters to go with me and, since we all grew up listening to christian music, they were in. It was a little different than what I expected. I was the minority being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but listening to Toby Mac was incredible. In the middle of the concert, Toby got a break and they brought in a preacher. He was all about saving…
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Celebrate
Hi Friends. Today is my birthday. As I’ve reflected on this special day I can’t be more grateful that I was born in the family I was born in. I’m so very grateful for all of the people I have in my life. Some have been fleeting and some, decades. (yes I’m that old). 🙂 Birthdays can be a day of gift giving, well wishing, thoughtful gestures towards the one you love moving into the next year of their life. Today is no different. I thought I’d share with you a small gift exchange that really made my day this…
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Let’s Play Chess
Not too long ago, I invited a son from another mother to move into our apartment. His circumstances were grim. Here was a grown man with two young children living in the basement family room of a family friend. This room was probably 300 sq. ft. at best. He didn’t have his own bathroom, no kitchen, and no actual bedroom. This room was his home. His bed and the children’s bunk beds were in there. So was his heat plate to make his meals. This circumstance was difficult at best but fit his price range at $400.00 a month. Here…
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The Change
Last week I called the airlines to get tickets to Seattle for the big convention this weekend. Normally, I’d just go on the app and reserve there, but I had a voucher for $600.00 that I wanted to use. The lady was nice, helped me through it all and reserved the tickets for me. Fast forward to today. I went on my app to check in early and there was no reservation. I was sure I had seen the reservation last Friday after I got off the call but I had no trips, so on the phone I went. The…
