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  • Intentional Living

    Learning to Love Rest: A Saving Grace

    March 31, 2021 / Comments Off on Learning to Love Rest: A Saving Grace

    Sometimes the best way to grow is to learn from our struggles. Rest is one of mine, and that includes sleeping. As a woman in my mid-40s, you would think this wouldn’t be such a struggle, but honestly, I have gotten worse at it over my life. Why? First, I have failed to recognize rest as a component of humility. Psalm 4:8 states, “In peace, I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Imagine the absolute trust a believer in the ancient world must have had to rest in peace knowing that their heavenly Father would care for them as they…

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  • Book Reviews

    Book Review: “Unglued” by Lysa Terkeurst

    March 28, 2021 / Comments Off on Book Review: “Unglued” by Lysa Terkeurst

    Unglued–A book that gives you a different perspective on handling life’s interruptions. It talks about our raw emotions and how we deal with them. Lysa helps us define who we are: an exploder that blames others, an exploder that shames herself, a stuffer that builds barriers, or a stuffer that collects retaliation rocks (comments). As you read the book you start to figure out which of those categories you most fit in or whether it’s a combination of a couple of them. God gave us these emotions so we can enjoy life and we sometimes need to think about them before we react. We also need to take time to…

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    Book Review: “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss

    April 11, 2021

    Book Review: The One Year Pray for America Bible & The History of the National Day of Prayer

    May 5, 2021

    Book Review: The Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions—Amanda Bacon & Anne-Renee Gumley

    August 16, 2020
  • Intentional Living

    Busyness is a choice?!?!

    March 24, 2021 / Comments Off on Busyness is a choice?!?!

    I read an article in the Summer 2020 women’s magazine Just Between Us entitled Journaling as a Spiritual Practice: Tracking God’s Faithfulness in Your Life. In the article, author Helen Cipero outlines life using the compass directions. North is God. East is what is emerging in your life. South is your calling or passion. And, West is what is setting or changing in your life. While a simple exercise, looking at the compass of my life clarified that my two most important priorities in my life are God and family. However, when I looked at how I had been spending my time, it was obvious that something was out of…

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    December 2, 2020

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  • Intentional Living

    Frozen

    March 21, 2021 / Comments Off on Frozen

    Typically, when we hear the word frozen we automatically think of the various states of frozen water. For example, we are all familiar with the various frozen states of water such as an ice cube or when snow becomes sleet. But what about applying the term frozen to a mental or physical state? Let’s discuss that further. For some of us, our endless to-do lists and the seemingly never-ending list of activities may produce a mental or physical state of being frozen. We may lay awake at night trying to get to sleep feeling frozen in place thinking about what did and didn’t get done that day and what is…

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    December 2, 2020
  • Intentional Living

    St. Patrick’s Day

    March 17, 2021 / Comments Off on St. Patrick’s Day

    I have always thought that you had to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day and look out for pots of gold and leprechauns. It might surprise you to know the real reason behind this interesting day.  As you might have guessed it does have to do with the Irish, but it is actually a religious holiday. St. Patrick was born in Britain to a Christian family but growing up St. Patrick was an atheist. He was captured by pirates and taken to Ireland when he was 16 years old. While in Ireland he worked as a shepherd. He escaped six years later by walking almost 200 miles and convincing a…

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  • Intentional Living

    “God Space”. What is it and how to create it.

    March 14, 2021 / Comments Off on “God Space”. What is it and how to create it.

    Several years ago, I ran into a concept that struck me as important and I have chewed on it since then. Yes, sometimes it takes me years to completely understand what should be a simple concept! The concept was called “white space”. I had been struggling, as usual, with a too-full schedule, which leads me to feel overwhelmed, inadequate, and just plain cranky. My research identified “white space” as a design concept that allows for balance and focus (Gardner, n.d; Glei, n.d.). In addition, some of the sources indicated that your space determines the amount of white space needed for balance. Several lifestyle blogs used this concept in terms of…

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  • Intentional Living

    Reflections…When Life Changes Over Night

    March 10, 2021 / Comments Off on Reflections…When Life Changes Over Night

    This week marks one year since I felt like the lights switched off in our world. It was a domino effect from schools closing, the state closing down and the nation shutting down due to COVID. In a matter of days, it changed and I sat in my home with an eerie feeling of the unknown. COVID is just one of life’s events where things can change quickly. Life throws us job losses, health crises, the loss of a loved one, and more resulting in our world being turned upside down. So do we sit and cry and let it get us down and drive our anxiety high? Of course…

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  • Intentional Living

    Chaos or Gratefulness….Family Meal Prayer Time is a Saving Grace

    March 7, 2021 / Comments Off on Chaos or Gratefulness….Family Meal Prayer Time is a Saving Grace

    Mealtime is the craziest time of the day for most households. Between checking homework, prepping for the next day, and making sure supper (yes, I am from up North) doesn’t burn, it’s amazing we survive. Most times I feel like our family crashes to the table to inhale our food and get to the next chore with fragmented pieces of conversation between bites. Needless to say, it is unfulfilling.  In the midst of cleaning up the kitchen one evening, I had a God-given “aha” moment. It was the realization that I was epically failing at the part where God instructs us to teach and guide our children and lead by…

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  • Devotionals

    Saving Grace: A Devotional

    March 3, 2021 / Comments Off on Saving Grace: A Devotional

    Scripture: “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (ESV) Devotional Thought: As a working woman, entrepreneur, wife, mother, and lab mom, Hebrews Chapter 4 often provides me with a gentle reminder of much-needed ‘amazing grace’. The chapter reviews the Lord’s command to honor the Sabbath and the gift that the Sabbath represents. The text states, “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.” The chapter is a reminder that Jesus Christ is not unable to sympathize…

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