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Month: January 2018

The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun

Four hundred and twelve days ago, I stood on a stage 20 weeks pregnant and preached a message about God’s invitation to abundant life.  I used the text Isaiah 55, and here was the hard-hitting pinnacle of my proclamation: “8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,     neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,     so are my ways higher than your ways     and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain and the snow…

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More Is Never Enough

More Is Never Enough

A few days ago I lost the majority of my emotional wherewithal over boiled eggs.  Yes, you read that right.  BOILED.  EGGS.  Now I have been known to be a little extra from time to time, but boiled eggs ranks pretty high on the list of ridiculous things that have triggered my ride on the crazy train. A simple conversation turned into stomping around crying with side glares and declarations that I was surely a complete failure.  As a mom,…

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Paint It White and Call It Home

Paint It White and Call It Home

Many moons ago, when we were dating, there was a house near where sweet husband and I worked that encapsulated all our hopes and dreams.  We thought it was gorgeous.  Beautiful.  Magnificent.  We would often talk about the “house on the corner” knowing exactly what the other was referring to with no explanation.  Years passed, we got older, and we realized that kids and bills seem to have a funny way of taking priority over your dream home realizations.  The…

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Run the Race

Run the Race

We often joke about the fact that I may have been adopted.  My momma would cut grass and watch a football game any day of the week while I could search for hours on Pinterest for the perfect outfit combination and will watch Hallmark movies to the death.  Sports have just never been my thing.  But if there is one thing I recall being good at when I was younger, it was running. At recess, we would set up races…

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