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When You Wonder If Your Words Matter
What qualifies you to write or speak? What message do you have to share? These are the questions I ask myself often and unfortunately have been asked. I give these questions too much power and I often let them keep me from getting the words from my mind to the page...
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Finding Comfort in the Act of Comparison
"When I compare myself to the stories in the Bible I replace the human voice with a divine one." I had the honor of being a guest writer for Heather Creekmore on her blog Compared To Who Click to read how I can find comfort in comparing my situation to those who...
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8 Ways to Have a Strong Marriage ~ Part 2
8 ways to have a strong marriage (This is Part 2 of a two-part series about intentionally investing in your marriage. If you missed Part 1, you can read it right here.) In last week's post, I gave you the story of how Todd and I met and that I believe in the power of...
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How to have a marriage that fulfills ~ Advice from an expert
(This is Part 1 of a two-part series about intentionally investing in your marriage.) I volunteer my time working with high school students at a Christian academy. I have substituted for the senior bible class from time to time, and one of the topics I've taught has...
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Rearranging my nest and a time to every purpose, under heaven .
Of all the seasonal changes I like Fall the best. The busyness of spring and summer start to wind down and we prepare for the winter ahead. Vibrant colors of the changing leaves and the crispness of the air bring a reflection of the blessings I’ve been given....
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The power of knowing who I am that gives me courage
Hello, my name is Cheri and I am a writer. I follow many writers on Instagram and I have seen a trend for what is called #fridayintroductions. It is a nice way for those who are interested to learn more about the writer and also relate to them. The writer will list...
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How Pruning Will Restore And Maintain Spiritual Growth
I can remember only one time in my life when I actually had a beautiful rose garden. It was a summer when my children were little and needed outdoor supervision. I would work on my roses while they played. My father loves to garden, and he told me how to make my roses...
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Finding Faith That Makes You Twirl With Joy
Several years ago my daughter was a flower girl at my sister’s wedding. She loved her dress and would twirl all around the venue watching it billow. Several people would come up to her and tell her she was so pretty, to which she smiled and said, “I know”. As her...
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When you are done hiding! How exposure will heal
Sin, shame, and hiding is a sequence that starts at a very early age. I can remember my daughter as early as 18 months trying to hide the marker behind her back, as I asked who used the wall as a canvas, or my 8-year-old son hiding a nerf football under his sheets...
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The One Thing You Need To Know This Mother’s Day
The One Thing You Need To Know This Mother’s Day Of all the vocations, animals, and president’s that get days of honor, Mother’s Day is one that I believe truly deserves full recognition. If you look up acronyms for MOM they all apply in a way. “Mission Operation...
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The Best Way to Be Discovered
Will I be discovered? It seems to me that the desire to be discovered as a means of proven validation is stronger than I have ever seen it in my life time. With social media as the spotlight we push and pull our way to get in it only to find that the followspot has...
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