Dealing with Difficult People
Christmas is here. We all know it. You can’t help but look around and see all the blaring advertisements, the waiting-emails, the timely-coupons, the house-lights. At times, it all feels bombarding....
View ArticleAre you in a Funk?
I don’t know about you, but there is a lot going on in my life right now. With Christmas and The New Year here, there are family trips. With things to get done, there are demands. With a project due,...
View ArticleA Quiet Simple Resolution
This week, it is the time of year when almost EVERYONE comes out with their New Year resolution. On purple images, one person shares their dream to conquer their business, another person posts a long...
View ArticleActing Like a Christian
I read a Facebook post by a Christian encouraging other Christians. . . it essentially said, “If you are left out of a get-together, don’t be offended. Some people want to hang out with other people....
View ArticleSomething Out of Nothing
God was leading me to attend an event. I didn’t want to attend, but, at the same time, I believed God wanted me there. It was freezing cold outside; I was warm inside my house. It took everything in me...
View ArticleDo Not Give Up
Maybe you need encouragement. What I want to tell you today, is: don’t give up. It doesn’t matter what things look like. The tomb looked empty, but what it meant was — Jesus rose up and out of the...
View ArticleThe Greatest Thing
“The greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor. 13:13) Who is God calling you to love? Love is not always simple. Love costs something. Love is paramount in God’s Kingdom. It makes up the pinnacle moments in...
View ArticleThe Right Perspective
I didn’t expect this to happen… I stood at the window and watched multiple birds land on the bird feeder. It was an almost empty feeder. With this, time after time, bird after bird, none of them were...
View Article5 Tips When You are Tired of Waiting
I sat on the curb after practice, wondering, “Is mom ever going to come?” It was a particularly hard high school year. For one, my nose got hit with a field hockey stick. Even today, it sits a little...
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Being There
Post By: Kara Lawler My morning shuffle takes about an hour, and as soon as I pulled into the parking lot of my school this morning, my cell phone rang. It was my son’s teacher. Not even an hour...
View ArticleWhen There’s No Seat for You
As I entered the restaurant, what seemed to be a million people scuffled around trying to find a table. Was there a table for me? I spotted a row of empty tables lined up a corner. Great. There still...
View ArticleWeakness on Display
So, my husband and I joined a new gym and, really, we’re just trying to finish the workouts. After every workout I turn to him and say, “We did it, again!” Those words feel like victory. The truth of...
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The Value We Don’t Realize
I had no idea that a hobby would teach me so much. My son started collecting pennies. He is radical about it. He consistently wants to knock on our neighbor’s doors to ask if they have any spare...
View Article“Ahh!!!!! Mommy Come!”
I heard the scream, but I didn’t react. Here is why: it was a crying-wolf situation. Her brother is always going in her room and she is always screaming at him. If I haven’t heard it once, I’ve heard...
View ArticleWhat You Tolerate
The social media image said, “You get what you tolerate.” I paused from scrolling for a second to ask myself questions: What have I been tolerating? Putting up with? Grinning, and bearing? Scripture...
View ArticleIn the Center of a Trial?
Daniel went straight into the lion’s den — and survived. Joseph was sold by his brothers into slavery — only to later be made ruler of Egypt. Job got almost everything taken away — only to end up MORE...
View ArticleYour Shield
Bam! Whatever hit my car — hit hard. It came out of nowhere. With no car ahead of me and only a couple of branches overhead, I couldn’t figure out where it came from. But, what I did see, clear as a...
View ArticleWhat People Think
I put the broken sunglasses on anyway…even though I knew they’d sit crooked, even though they were broken. I guess you could say — I don’t care. I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t care if...
View ArticleConquering Your Lack of Confidence
Today, I don’t feel like writing. Today, I don’t feel like I am that great. Or, that God has that much to say through me. Frankly, I am coming off an argument that hurt my heart. I’m still bothered by...
View ArticleDo you Accidentally do this?
We need a breakthrough in my family. We need God to show up in time, or we will be out of time. I am sure many of you may know this feeling. You need God’s help in time to make a decision. You need His...
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