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Heading UP!

Insights from Our Trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan My Boaz and I recently ran away from home for our seventh honeymoon. Seven years? Where has the time gone? We needed a break from our day-to-day stuff. We usually want to get away together for our anniversary. It was exactly what we needed. The Upper Peninsula ads caught our attention, so we packed our […]

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Aviation Missions: Helping Missionaries Reach the World for Christ

Aviation Missions: Helping Missionaries Reach the World for Christ

All photos, unless otherwise noted, are property of Charlaine W. Martin. All rights reserved. My Boaz and I traveled to Florida for the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In a couple of weeks ago since we love to fly. One of my favorite places to go is the Missionary Aviation tent. The stories the missionaries share always mesmerize visitors. The planes outside the tent are unlike any […]

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UPDATE: Our Healthy Lifestyles Intro Class and Giveaway

UPDATE: Our Healthy Lifestyles Intro Class and Giveaway

You will get some basic foundational truths about health, weight loss, and how Christian faith and relationships are part of living a totally healthy lifestyle focused on Jesus Christ is all about. I am so excited to share this with you!

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Write Your Goals in Pencil

Write Your Goals in Pencil

When you consider weight loss or better health, do you write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser? That can be a scary proposition.

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Living Totally Healthy in 2021

Living Totally Healthy in 2021

I imagine the Thanksmasyears holiday fare—Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years’—makes you consider what happened to your body, too. Are you bloated? Are you carrying an extra five to ten pounds? Achy? Do you lack energy? Then it’s time to begin getting your health and weight on track with the Lord. What does that mean?

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Reflections Over Tumultuous Times

Reflections Over Tumultuous Times

Image by Pixabay. I don’t know about you, but 2020 proved to test even the most resolved, steady person. The true colors of many people have shown what they really believe about faith issues, caring concern about others, and the ability of some to agree to disagree over a host of controversial topics. I found myself caught in arguments when I thought they were supposed […]

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Going on a PawPaw Hunt

Going on a PawPaw Hunt

We couldn’t wait to taste our prize, the only native fruit in Michigan when we arrived home.

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Healthy Christian Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself without Being Selfish

Healthy Christian Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself without Being Selfish

Our best example is how Jesus conducted His ministry. We would do well to follow His example.

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Abide in Christ: Give Him Your Heart

Abide in Christ: Give Him Your Heart

Passages: 1 John 2 (also, see John 15), Matthew 11:25-28 Focus Verse: 1 John 2:5-6 ESV  “but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.” The month of February is Heart Month. If you followed me last year, I […]

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Get Your Rain Boots and Umbrella! It’s THAT Kind of Day

Get Your Rain Boots and Umbrella! It’s THAT Kind of Day

Adventures with Chronic Illness Image by Charlaine W. Martin 2019. All rights reserved. I have to say that not all of the adventures I’ve had with God are ones I would have chosen. Today is one of those days. Actually, this week has been THAT kind of a week, if you know what I mean. It’s a rainy, chilly summer day and I’m lazing in […]

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