It's hard to know how merciful your marriage is until you have a reason to hate each other. Instead of just avoiding a little evaluation here, it serves us well to stop and consider, "How full of mercy am I to my mate?" Because I don't want you to experience that "I could hate you right now" moment, ...
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When you’re low & need a peace
I'm sharing one of my favorite names of God today on Do Not Depart. It's the name that means "God is peace." Not a temporary, weak, or exaggerated peace, but a peace that gets down into our low places and is stronger and greater than any of our hardest things.
I love knowing that God ...
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Parenting on planes … & other traumas
My recent travels have had me on more than a few flights while I'm doing my summer relay. Walking through First Class usually stirs up "the covet" in me, as I join the ranks of the typical traveler in the back of the plane. There's not a lot of room between seats back there, and my heart goes out to ...
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A quick glimpse from the journey …
Can you imagine being invited to a wedding, only to have someone crack the door, reach their hand out offering a mint, and then close pull the door shut again, telling you they'll send you a link to the pictures? That's a little bit how I'm feeling about TRYING to share some of what has been filling ...
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Tasty Tuesday: The Bonus Pie!
Remember last week when I made Red, White & Blue Parfaits and ended up with a BONUS dessert pie? Well, here's what I did with that NO BAKE pie.
I took it out of the freezer about an hour before I was ready to serve it, topped it with chopped strawberries, and had an amazing dessert with no ...
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