Month: July 2008

  • Delving deeper and growing in maturity

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    From my journal this morning… I’m having such a hard time picking one scripture for today. What do you want me to take away from this morning’s reading? Am I having trouble because I’m thinking of what others might think? I need to focus just on you and on me. What is it? Scripture: Hebrews…

  • Why do I write?

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    Today I’ve been a little obsessive about the whole blogging thing. I’ve checked my email way too many times, wondering if anyone has posted a comment. And I’ve checked my stats way too many times, as well.  It’s not like I’ve been blogging for long and should expect the readers to come flooding in to…

  • Don’t let me slip away

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    Scripture: Hosea 13:6 “When I fed them, they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.” Observation: How often do I do that? I cry out to Jesus. I get back on track with my devotional time. Then things go well, something pushes aside my devotional or study time and I let it slide…

  • Summer Lunchbox Challenge

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    Throughout the rest of the summer I am also blogging on Happy to be at Home, a blog hosted by 3 moms with lots of guest bloggers. Because I know I cannot be the only mom who tries her best to lovingly pack lunches for her kiddos during the school year which are not also lovingly enjoyed, and because I…

  • A Splashy 4th of July at Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop, Texas

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    Hope you enjoy my review of a recent trip.  I thought you might be interested in more than just my spiritual journey…  We invited some neighbors and took the kiddos to the Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop, Texas (near Austin) to celebrate the 4th of July this year and had a fantastic time.  This was…

  • My story

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    A part of my reading today took me through Psalm 73, which compares the earthly success of the wicked in comparison to the eternal rewards of the righteous.  Yikes, just typing wicked vs. righteous sounds pretty big to me. I don’t see myself falling completely into either of those camps, yet that’s how we are…

  • Encourage one another daily

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    Good morning, friends. (I’m not sure exactly when this will really be posted, but it is morning time as I am writing it.) Thanks for joining me in this journey through faith. I hope that this blog becomes much more than just a chronicle of my thoughts and experiences and instead is a forum of…

  • Please release me of my fears

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    Today in my reading I came across this: Hebrews 2: 14-15 “14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death- that is, the devil- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in…

  • Are you listening?

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    I am so excited about my new blogging focus so of course my mind is filled with thoughts of writing. Yet it isn’t easy to find the right time to do that, as I have three little ones. And I don’t want to just write to write.  I really want to try to write as…

  • My newest journey

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    My devotional time had been lacking. For several weeks I was doing the reading, praying a little, but not really offering much of me and consequently not really listening. I was TIRED and I had to finish the reading before the kids woke. So I glossed over most of it, not really searching, but asking…

  • Ya gotta have friends to throw a baby shower

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    Okay, so that’s an obvious one… Who else would you host a baby shower for other than a friend? But, other than that, ya gotta have friends to make it just right… or at least it certainly helps. A few weekends ago I hosted a baby shower along with 2 other women. Karen, an amazing…