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  • Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

    Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

    The walls in our bedroom were freshly painted and the color was perfect. Now it was time for the really fun part: painting the baseboards and crown molding. I really hadn’t put a lot of thought in to the type of sheen of the paint we’d be using for the trim. I just took the…

  • Discovering Truth

    Discovering Truth

    My husband and I were recently having fellowship with two other couples and we talked some about our religious up bringing and how it affected our spiritual lives. One friend was brought up in a religious legalistic home where he was told things that made him feel he was bad. He continues being plagued with…

  • Comfort In Tragedy

    Comfort In Tragedy

    I am grateful for my spiritual upbringing. Going to church was a consistent part of my life and I loved going. I never had the desire to quit. Part of my spiritual life included being in a girls’ group within the church that emphasized scripture memory. Some of those verses were the 23rd Psalm. That…

  • What Kind Of Legacy Do I Want to Leave?

    What Kind Of Legacy Do I Want to Leave?

    The other day I was reading and came across a quote by Kenneth Boa that said, “The apostle Paul had two days on his calendar: today and that Day (the day that he would stand before the Lord), and he lived every today in the light of that Day.” That quote grabbed me. I began…

  • Showing Grace

    Showing Grace

    Unfortunately, as a younger woman I experienced severe PMS. Then years later that went into severe peri-menopause. No fun! I was desperate when peri-memopause set in. It was so severe I was willing to get on anti-depressants if a doctor would prescribe it. Instead of one bad week a month I had three bad ones.…