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New Heart
I was thinking about our hearts last night. How God moves in when we accept Him as Lord and Savior, but He doesn’t end there. He wants all of our heart. He promises to give us a new heart, but not by force. We can look at the Old Testament and know God never forced […]
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Love perfected
Paul prays it for us in Ephesians 3:19, “… to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge…”. John lays out in 1 John 4: 7-12, “Love is from God, God is love, Jesus-the epitome of God’s love in flesh, that God loved us, calls us to love others, and in all that His love […]
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Faithful, not perfect
I’ve confused these two words a lot. Faith. Perfect. I thought Abraham was perfect. I thought David was perfect. But when we look at their stories they really weren’t perfect. They did some messed up things, but God still used them. So how were they righteous? Not by their own merit. Not by their acts. […]
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Parents: Enjoy the process
I like to get things accomplished and check them off the list. Honestly I like to just to get through them, not to necessarily enjoy them. Its the checking off I like. This poses a problem with kids. It’s hard to tell when our kids will make that next step whether with sleep, with […]
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Patience
“…in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” (Luke 8:15) This gospel lived out is not fast-paced. It can be, and might feel that way at first, but there’s a deepening, a patience as God slowly gets the […]
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Are you willing to hope?
Hope. A simple word defined, “to expect with confidence, trust.” How many times in this life have you lost confidence or trust in something or someone? Countless for me. So today I was challenged with this idea of hope. Should I get my hopes up? Should I allow myself such anticipation? And I was reminded […]
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Goals
Goals. Not a word I use in my vocabulary very much. Too much expectation. Too much fear of failure. Sounds good, but yeah right. Just a few thoughts running through my mind about the word: goals. If you asked people closest to me if I’m goal oriented, it would not be the first phrase they […]
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Home
Home. Oh how I love this word. I feel this way around my husband. He always feels like home, I’m content to be in his arms. He smells good. Doesn’t a home smell good. You know how your friends would let you borrow a shirt and it smelled like their home? You can’t explain it. […]
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The Good Life
Life with littles. I have learned a lot. As a parent you say a lot of, “no don’t eat the sand.” “You just had a bath.” (mud from head to toe) “Don’t put that in the toilet.” It is a constant roller coaster of ups and downs and doing the same thing over and over. […]
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Keep Your Heart Soft
We are faced with so much in this life. Maybe you’re thinking, Tara, I haven’t had much trouble. But, lets just take a look for a second. Has anyone hurt you so deep you wanted to keep them completely out of your life? Have you ever been bitter when someone comes forth accepting Jesus or […]
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