Tag: walking with Christ

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Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ October {Tensions, Vacations, Elections}

November 6, 2012

I should be preparing for tomorrow ~ packing up books and supplies for Classical Conversations, studying Latin and Algebra, typing Kayla’s essay for Challenge A, addressing the many items I need to take to the post office, cleaning my house, etc., but I’m hoping the practice of enumerating my gifts for last month ~ only… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ October {Tensions, Vacations, Elections}

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Adventures in Bible Reading

October 30, 2012

“I’m not reading my Bible like I want to and like I should, because it’s just easier to watch TV and escape from reality,” is what one young woman told me this weekend through tears and in the midst of grieving a loss. And I could concur somewhat, though my “easy” mode of escape is typically flipping… Read More Adventures in Bible Reading

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Good Gifts: Summer Camp and Deaths for Glory

July 16, 2012

 This morning while Robert and I were running, and hardly able to breathe in this thick New England humidity, I had a funny thought.  Here we were dripping with sweat {don’t hear me complaining, though!} and jogging back toward home on the beautiful bike trail near our house when I remembered the time three years… Read More Good Gifts: Summer Camp and Deaths for Glory

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Counting One Thousand Gifts: June {& a heart lifted up}

July 4, 2012

My journal entry from June 28th {during last week’s denial and chaos} begins with this verse: Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighed down with dissipation {self-indulgence} and drunkenness and the worries of life…but keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts: June {& a heart lifted up}

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Counting One Thousand Gifts: Denial and Chaos and Joy

July 3, 2012

 Why am I in denial about the realities of summer EVERY year?  Why do I eagerly anticipate the end of the school year in expectation of slow and laid back summer days ~ carefree and restful?  Why, in May, do I picture myself on warm, sunny beaches in June with my kids splashing in the… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts: Denial and Chaos and Joy

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Titus: A Poetic Summary {by yours truly}

June 27, 2012

Well, my women’s small group has been at it for 6 weeks now.  We’ve read the entire letter to Titus.{It’s only 3 chapters.} We’ve listed key words, phrases, and themes.  We’ve looked at each chapter by itself, and have re-written crucial passages in our own words.  We’ve even memorized a section of verses that well… Read More Titus: A Poetic Summary {by yours truly}

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Gluten Free Friday ~ Coconut Chicken Curry {in the crockpot!} {with a side dish of Bible exposition}

June 15, 2012

 Y’all.  It’s been one heckuva week; a gully-washer of problems and pains. {Pulling out some Texan for effect.}  Honestly, I think it may go down in this mama’s history as one of the top ten most stressful weeks of her life so far.  People, and issues, and more people, and more issues, and messy battle… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Coconut Chicken Curry {in the crockpot!} {with a side dish of Bible exposition}

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The Gift of His Voice

June 12, 2012

Robert had to leave extra early this morning for a meeting with regional pastors and church-planters.  We usually run together on Monday mornings, but today I went alone, and I went long.  Longer than our usual six miles, because it was a longer than usual weekend, filled with the pain of perceived betrayal, and the… Read More The Gift of His Voice

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Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ May {Springtime & Sorrows}

June 5, 2012

Even with the many joys and delights of springtime and beginnings of summer ~ beautiful baptisms, baby chicks, backyard cookouts, blossoming trees, and a touch of warmth from the sun, I still found myself writing these words from my favorite book in a difficult-to-write card to an old friend of mine… “God knows whom He… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ May {Springtime & Sorrows}

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The Gift of All Things New

May 14, 2012

 At the Daddy’s Girl retreat last weekend, we learned that fatherhood wasn’t necessarily something created, but that God just WAS the perfect Father, that He IS the perfect Father.  We matched up multiple verses with multiple categories discovering that He is the perfect Provider, Protector, Defender, Caregiver, Teacher, Leader.  Then we transferred them to the… Read More The Gift of All Things New