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If You Could Describe 2015 in One Word…

...what would it be? I ask this question every year.  I love to hear the answers that everyone has to give.  Some years are hard.  Others are wonderful.  I love to hear the stories that come with them. At the beginning of 2015, my one word was faith. I thought that maybe, by the end of the year, my ending word would be different, but I can't describe the year any differently than how I intended it to be.  It was faith that we relied on, and it was faith that grew each and every day, week, and month this year…

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All Things New

I don't know about you, but the holidays just seem to have crept up behind me and left me in the dust.  I was caught up in a whirlwind of parties and gifts, decorating and baking.  Now my entire world seems to have stopped in the middle of that whirlwind and dropped, because all that's left is a great big mess.  It's not that this whirlwind was anything inherently bad, because none of it is.  It's just that, when you get caught up in all of the stuff, you seem to let go of the important things.  You know, the things that…

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On Rejection

I wasn't actually sure I was going to tell you this today, because let's face it: who really wants to tell the entire world about her failures? But as I thought about it some more, I felt like I couldn't possibly withhold my failure from you, because then I would only be withholding from you a commonality, a shared struggle, some encouragement, maybe even some hope when you feel rejected. Because that's how I'm feeling today: rejected. Because that's what I've been today.  Rejected. I discovered that my book was not chosen as a finalist in a writing contest I was confident I…

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Goal Setting: Week of December 6, 2015

So I had my weekly goals post all set up for last week, and then I hurt my back and everything went out the window.  So not only did I lose track of things but I didn't do very well on my goals this week either.  Here's how it looked: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Designated prayer time (2/7) Mental: Journal (3/7) Finish reading Do Over by Jon Acuff Physical: Drink soda only 2 days 6 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…

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Reading List Review: December 2015

  I had actually hoped to finish more reading than I actually did over the last month, though I have to say this is still better than it used to be.  In December, I'll be focusing on finishing some more books that were on my list of things to read this year rather than picking up so many new releases.  I'll let you know how that goes in about a month!  So, here's how I did this month: Here's what I read during the month of November: Renovate or Die: 10 Ways to Focus Your Church on Mission by Bob Farr…

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