Dear Addict

This is one of those posts I wasn't sure I was going to write. I've been sitting on it for quite a while. But with this being Red Ribbon Week, I felt now might be one of the best times to finally sit down and open up. As many of you know, Rapunzel's biological father passed away a little over 2 1/2 years ago. It's a complicated story--one for another day--but the long and short of it is that he was caught up in addiction. Addicted for close to 18 years to heroin, we lost him to a drug overdose…

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Time to Play Offense: How to Wield the Sword of the Spirit

The very last piece of armor that we are instructed to bring with us into battle is our primary offensive weapon, “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17).” What do we know about the Word of God? The Word and God are one and the same. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. - John 1:1  In John 1:1 we read, “and the Word was God.”  This means that the Word of God is part of Him.  We also read that “the Word was with God.”  It…

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Goal Setting: Week of October 18, 2015

Well, this is just another one of those weeks where nothing went as planned.  I got a lot done, though, surprisingly, though not quite as much as I wanted.  Here's to a better week next week: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Designated prayer time (2/7) Mental: Journal (3/7) Finish reading One More Step by Rachel Wojo Physical: Drink soda only 2 days 4 c. of water daily (3/7) Exercise (3/7) Family: Devotions with Prince Charming (1/7) Devotions with Babies (3/7) 1 hour with Prince Charming Spend time with Princess Anna Spend time with Rapunzel Career: Blog 3 days (MTM) Work on scripture cards Write 20 pages Should…

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Where I’ve Been

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a percentage of each sale when you make a purchase using these links; however, I fully support and recommend each of these products.  You can view my full disclosure policy here. So if you're a regular blog reader, you may have been starting to wonder where I've been.  It's true--I haven't posted since Sunday. *gasp* Since I've been so regular at this lately, two missed days is unusual for me. Except the thing is that I just forgot, at the end of last week, that my kids had off Monday.  Why our kids…

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Bullet-Proof Heart

Depending on which version of the Bible you read, you’ll find that Ephesians 6:14 describes the armor as “the breastplate of righteousness,” or “the body armor of God’s righteousness.”  When consulting with my husband on these two terms, he informed me that, when Ephesians was being written, body armor and the breastplate were the same thing.  Thus, we’ll treat them as such. Strong’s Concise Concordance describes the breastplate as having two parts that protect the torso (from the neck to the middle of the body) front and back.  This piece of armor, generally made of leather, bronze, or iron, protected…

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