Posted February 22, 2022
Married for thirty years I can tell you marriage in seasons can feel like a battlefield. The difference in the marriage battle is you are battling to overcome the challenge together, not taking one another out. Well…sometimes it may seem like the battle feels against one another versus a greater
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Posted February 14, 2022
He kept joking around with me saying, ”We should go on a date!” Then he would chuckle as if he knew I would turn him down one more time. The Pursuit My husband Steve and I were in high school when we first met working at a local restaurant together.
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Posted February 1, 2022
Are you uncomfortable with the uncertainty of what lies ahead? Proverbs 3:6 assures us that when we seek God, He will direct our steps. Often those words are easier to trust when on a wide, smooth, and comfortable path. Yet do we fully embrace them when the path feels uncertain?
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Posted January 25, 2022
Do you ever feel discouraged when the work toward a goal or that dream feels small? New Beginnings Often Start Small On that cool October afternoon our mom first drove my five sisters and me into Sheridan, Wyoming, it was with little money or resources. After a short time, it
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Posted January 18, 2022
“May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation” -David Steindl-Rast I live in Wyoming, where we typically have snow on and off for many months. I usually bemoan the cold and winter,
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Posted January 11, 2022
Happy New Year! Often embracing something new means letting go of something old. Sometimes we want this change and sometimes we do not. This time of year we tend to want to clean out the old to embrace the new, but then there are times when we like everything to
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Posted December 14, 2021
Confucius once stated, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” I remember catching glimpses of beauty and goodness as a child, yet I knew those gifts could not be for me; they were fleeting like a vanishing sunset. I recall grieving over moments where life (God) touched me, but
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Posted December 7, 2021
I rummage through the Christmas bins in the storage room and pull out the “my gift to Jesus,” gift-wrapped box. My mind wanders toward the little six-year-old girl writing what she is grateful for onto a slip of paper, then slipping it into the slit at the top of the
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Posted November 30, 2021
At times we may feel hope is lost; yet, when we have Jesus in our hearts, we are assured He is with us all of the time. In our sorrow, heartache, brokenness, fear, and doubt, He is the hope within us. Miracles are everywhere when we look for them. It
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Posted November 20, 2021
My heart is full of gratitude on this clear and bright fall day! A soothing warmth from the sun and a cool breeze induce a calmness that settles my soul. It’s easy to be grateful on days like these. Dark and Dreary Days Some days are not as easy. The
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