Giving God Everything

I love the perspective in this video.

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Trial by Fire

Jan 24 Yeah, the holy fire of purification really hurts sometimes. Last night: I got up from a nap on the couch shortly after 6pm and DH was still not home, and no phone call either. The phone had rung ONCE around 5, but I was trying to nap and didn’t get it. At the [...]

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7 Quick Takes: A Test of Faith, Testing my New Routine and Testing out more Manual Settings

1. I had a brief retreat recap here, but with the pictures it got way too long not to be it’s own post. 2. I knew this retreat had definitely been a time of great spiritual growth for me, but I had no idea that my renewed faithfulness would be put to the test so [...]

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7 Quick Takes: Colic, Cornbread and Farewell to Christmas

Jan 20 1. Yes, you read the title correctly, I’m pretty sure the new baby has colic. It’s affecting his nursing and his sleep, espeically at night. Nursing he will pull off early making a mess and often he won’t sleep more than 5 or 10 minutes if I lay him down. Sitting up, he [...]

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Winter Retreat 2012

This retreat was a great experience for me. Not only was it such a blessing to have a break away with just the baby, but I also heard some great talks, got to spend some quiet time in my head and really think about everything and even got to have some fun too. It was [...]

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Morning Serenity

Lord, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, The wisdom to know the difference, And the grace to embrace my cross today.

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Like it Doesn’t Hurt

Jan 12 “To love like my heart has never been broken, trust like I’ve never been burned, to give of myself with both arms wide open, forgive and forget like it doesn’t hurt, I know that You’ll do your part, so right now, I promise to start to love like my heart has never been [...]

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Hello Morning/Day – Day 1

So much for my new routine… The baby was fussy overnight and this morning, and before I was even ready to get up my 2 year old was calling out from his room. I was already done with the day and I hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet! I couldn’t even pray, so I [...]

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Time to Reorder

Today I discovered something called the Hello Mornings Challenge. “What we are about to embark on with the Hello Mornings Challenge is no small thing. It’s not a cute “bloggy” challenge for adorable little stay at home moms. It’s not about getting through a Bible Study or checking something off a list. It’s not even [...]

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7 Quick Takes – More Playtime (less TV), a Playpen and a Photography Lesson

1. This past week I have been more involved with CCO and engaging my faith more than the usual day to day at home, and God has felt so much closer! (as in w/o thinking, most days I took it for granted that He was with me, it was just automatic) It is just awesome [...]

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