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Continue reading →: Leading A Quiet Life“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 Over the…
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Continue reading →: Even If NotCertain Bible stories can feel so familiar that sometimes we breeze over them as if we already know the lesson or miracle so well. One such story I haven’t revisited in a long while is the classic rescue story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3. King Nebuchadnezzar had…
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Continue reading →: Over to you, GodDo you have the organizational planner in you? I know I sure do. If you give me a task, I’ll give myself a target deadline, then work back how much time I need and go from there. This kind of mentality is great if we’re just talking about accomplishments and…
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Continue reading →: A Better WayI was talking with a couple I don’t know very well at a recent school event when the husband asked me the classic question, “So what do you do? Do you work?” Immediately, I was made to feel small and put on the spot yet didn’t feel like explaining myself…
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Continue reading →: Sixteen Years On and GratefulThere are certain dates that are blazed into memory—my wedding anniversary, family birthdays, the day my grandma went to be with Jesus, etc. Today is significant because exactly sixteen years ago, I landed at London Heathrow on a one-way ticket, as a new bride and new immigrant full of optimism…
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Continue reading →: Why Not Go For It?At the start of the new year, some people like to focus on a word they feel God has placed on their hearts for that season. Instead, I feel like I received a question, “Why not go for it?” Last year, I had heavily prioritized the family schedule and made…
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Continue reading →: Not Everything is UrgentDo you ever feel like this world seems to keep getting faster and faster? All the technology we have around us to supposedly help get things done more efficiently also creates challenges that didn’t used to exist. One example is text/Whatsapp messages. We can rapidly receive so many messages per…
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Continue reading →: Little Blessings All AroundBeing a typical weekday, I had errands to complete: picking up a handful of items at the grocery store, purchasing some stationery for the children, dropping off a bag of donations to the charity (thrift) shop, and returning some library books. In many ways, it was an ordinary, routine morning,…
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Continue reading →: Checking My Prayer MotivesPrayer is a meaningful exercise of our faith in which we approach God asking for something or petitioning on behalf of someone else. Varying from great to small, there are many prayer requests that are presented because we need wisdom to come to a decision too hard to make on…
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Continue reading →: Focus on the LightHello Friends! It’s been SO long since I have shared on the blog. I’ve come close to writing many times throughout the autumn months but just haven’t managed to do so, and now, we’re already starting a new year! October was my birthday month and what a special treat it…
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