Journaling

A lot happened over this past year.
In reality, that is a sentence that holds true as I look back over each year of my life. This makes it even more crucial for me to keep a journal– a record of God’s faithfulness. In another post about journaling, I quoted Elisabeth Elliot. She called her journal [...]

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Wednesday Words: Delighting in “Little Gifts”

Today I want to encourage you to appreciate the beauty of God in everything. What an amazing gift He has given us that we can see glimpses of Him in Creation! I often find that the times I delight most in the Lord are the times that He showers me with the spectacular aspects of [...]

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Wednesday Words: Holidays

Before I go on a blogging break, I want to write a brief “Wednesday Words” on quiet times during the holidays. Honestly, I used to have such a hard time with holidays because when schedule and order disappeared, so did my quiet times. Here’s my encouragement:
No matter how busy you are, try to find at [...]

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Wednesday Words: Accountability

Maybe this should be called Thursday Thoughts because, yet again, I have posted it on Thursday. However, I am afraid that if I called it that, it would move to Friday (a day late) and I would have to call it Friday (hmmm… what’s a good word to go there?).
So, I apologize that this is [...]

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Wednesday Words: A Plan

First, I want to apologize that this post is a day late. I was sick yesterday, and so I slept a lot.
Today, I want to talk about methods of reading the Bible. You need to have some sort of plan when you open the Word! In addition, as much as you might want [...]

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Quiet Times: Spiritual Journal (Part III)

One of the first ones is laying beside me right now, as I type. It is open to the first page. The cover is purple and white, and it is spiral bound with white metal. At the top of the first lined page, in perfectly shaped cursive. Hebrews 11:1 is written out under the date: [...]

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Quiet Times: Suggestions for Starting (Part II)

If you have not done quiet times before, or if you have not done them in a while, I want to encourage you with some things that I have found helpful. Please understand that these things are not original ideas that I have had; instead, they are things that I have learned from reading books [...]

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