I’ve been reading in the early chapters of Judges lately in preparation for the Living Brave retreat in March. Today I reread Judges 6:1-10. I was convicted by the clear connection between the nation of Israel turning from God and the lack of peace and blessing in their lives. Take […]
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Friday Today is Day 5 in our week of implementing small changes for big impact in our lives. Today’s change will help us do all of the previous ones better and bring us into a closer relationship with God. The above picture shows what my phone alarm clock has […]
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Thursday Today compliment or encourage someone or many someones. Maybe even someone you don’t know. Every person has burdens we don’t know about—even our family members. We can all use a sincere compliment or encouragement. Store clerks can often use a kind word. Watch for the smile. This […]
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Wednesday Many of us women are critical of ourselves, so much so that it borders on disrespecting God. Each of us is made in His image. If we can’t appreciate how God made us in His image we are telling God He made a mistake in […]
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Over the past few months God has shown me how small changes in my life make a difference. Often the most meaningful change we need to make is how we view our lives, God, and ourselves. Each day this week I will share with you one […]
Read More...Imagine you—living brave. Imagine a world, even a church, where women were not fearful. Imagine a world where women knew God loved them just as they are. Where each woman lived in the all-encompassing truth that God sees her as the Beautiful, Wise, Funny, Warm, Kind, Talented, Wonderful person that […]
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Is it me, or does it seem every area of our lives now has a level of excellence-to-be-achieved attached to it? We measure our lives’ success by The number of followers and friends we have on social media. Our income. The success of our kids. Our […]
Read More...I haven’t posted a new blog this week because I’ve been diligently working on the Living Brave material for a retreat in October. The more I work on it the more I realize that living brave is something different to each woman. My angst in writing is to present the […]
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“My efforts to show Katie (and all our girls) that I love them no matter what has been more about me changing than her changing. This is the key to a meaningful relationship with our kids: we must let God help us be the parents they need. . .We must […]
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I can’t believe I’m starting my third year as an empty nester. Our youngest, Kerry, worked on campus this summer so we didn’t have her home over the summer and her classes start tomorrow. I haven’t written much about my process of releasing her and being an empty-nester […]
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