From Char’s Desk: Living the Retirement “Dream”

From Char’s Desk: Living the Retirement “Dream”

One stark realization we’ve had in our retirement dream is that what we imagine never happens the way we thought it would.

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When God Works in the Not-So-Normal

When God Works in the Not-So-Normal

There is nothing we can do in our own power that can compare to what God can do through us by His power. Even so, God has victory through us and despite our circumstances.

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Lectio Divina: Christian Meditation

Lectio Divina: Christian Meditation

So you find a dress like your husband’s friend’s wife and wear it on your date when you give him the aftershave you liked on his friend, and then tell him how much you love him. How well would that go over with your husband?.. Why would we offer God something that He doesn’t like or want?

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Thrive in Living Water

Thrive in Living Water

Do we listen to Holy Spirit, or do we listen to Satan? Do we trust God to give us what we need and bless us for our obedience? We are no longer of this world, yet we are tempted to be like the world. We are called to be different, peculiar,

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Plant Me Where You Want Me, Lord!

Plant Me Where You Want Me, Lord!

My roots had been ripped apart with each move too many times. I suffered transplant shock. A part of me was left behind. But then, a new friend gave me a lovely plaque: Bloom Where You are Planted. I cried. How, Lord? It hurts too much.

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Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Advent Devotion Week 1: Peace

Where is peace? We’ve been led to believe that peace is the absence of conflict and violence. Yet the truth is there is peace in the midst of all of this.

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Blooming Where We Are Planted

Blooming Where We Are Planted

As communities become less tolerant of our Christian faith, they need us more, even though they don’t know it.

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Picking at Sawdust

Picking at Sawdust

Sometimes we become blinded to our own sin issues that we pick at and correct someone else’s sin issues. We are often quick to criticize others, but have you noticed that the person being picked at will often accurately point out our hypocrisy? There we stand sheepishly, realizing that they are right.

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Menopot Meltdown Recap

Menopot Meltdown Recap

. It’s as if we are in junior high again but of the older adult variety. We aren’t old, but we aren’t young either. Our bodies go haywire when adjusting between childbearing years and becoming “elderly.” What do we do now?

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The Lamb’s Blood Covers Us

The Lamb’s Blood Covers Us

The Lamb of God shed His blood for us, preserving us for eternal glory, passing
us through judgment as clean.

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