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Daily Devotion – Love Isn’t Fair
One of the most difficult things we’ve had to learn over time is how to work as a team. I remember the days when my kids had to learn this in school. Every year without fail, the teacher assigned a group project. And every year they complained that it just wasn’t fair. Somebody on the team wasn’t trying. Someone wasn’t doing their share of the work. Someone was getting a free ride. So it is with life. Sometimes teamwork isn’t fair. Sometimes my husband is outside shoveling snow while I’m inside a warm house sipping tea. Sometimes he’s lifting heavy furniture while I’m folding sheets. And sometimes I’m cooking a…
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Making Your Home Magnetic
Today we are chatting about my favorite chapter of Courtney Joseph’s encouraging book Women Living Well, Chapter 17 on Making Your Home a Haven. On page 173 Courtney writes, “What makes a home a haven? Is it having a well-decorated home that looks as if it popped out of Better Homes and Gardens? Is it a home that has massive amounts of toys, food to feast on, video games stacked high, and every movie imaginable to view? Is it a certain number of square feet, a separate bedroom for each child, or the neighborhood in which you live? No. It is not the things we have or the things we…
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The Security of Our Story
Hearing our love story gives our children the assurance that they were meant to be. “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be”. Psalm 139:16, NIV Carrying plates to the table, mashed potatoes and gravy piled high, I watch as my teenage boys plop down in their chairs. Peeling black paint reveals my secret – the original white enamel. I smile, remembering this was the first piece of furniture their dad and I bought together. We’ve sat around this table sharing stories and meals with these two boys for almost two decades. Tonight we’ll sit and talk and linger…
Daily Devotions & Bible Studies for Women
