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Choosing Peace Series | Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a commonly misunderstood concept. Forgiveness is hard because we wrap it up in all our feelings of pain, disappointment, shattered expectations, and self-value.
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Choosing Peace Series | The Promises
Do we imagine God as beautiful and loving, or convicting judge and punisher? When the Bible mentions the fear of the Lord, are we meant to be afraid? Is God watching to catch us breaking His rules so He might unleash His mighty wrath? Or, like a loving Father, are His commands meant to protect…
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Seeds of Life or Destruction
A seed doesn’t look like much, yet carries in its tiny being everything needed to grow flowers and fruit. Ideas are like seeds, starting small to produce something larger. Do you plant seeds of life to get beautiful flowers and delicious fruit, or seeds of destruction to get bitter weeds and painful thorns?
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This is Not the End of the Story
Meet my lovely 81-year-old mom. She lives with my sister and spends her days listening to audio books. She lost her vision in 1998 to a drug interaction, and 9 years later, she lost her husband to cancer. Mom wondered if her story was over. But God proved she had more chapters to come, and…
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Have a Rango Kind of Day
Let me introduce you to my rescue dog. He’s got a Chihuahua head and Pug body with a curled tail. He was two years old and scrawny when we brought him home. Now he’s, well, no longer scrawny. His name, Rango, seemed to suit him.
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Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is a peculiar holiday. Men dressed in old-fashioned suits and odd hats pull a large, rat-looking creature from a box and hold him up before a crowd of cheering people. The creature reveals if we will experience more winter, or can expect an early spring.
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Give Peace a Chance
After my home rearranging project, I took a couple of days to enjoy the fruits of my labor. My “new” space was relaxing and restorative, worth all the hard work. How often do I give peace a chance?
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Don’t Let Unintended Consequences Steal Peace
Last week I mentioned a de-cluttering project that produced an unexpected journey down memory lane. This week progressed into unintended-consequences-steal-peace territory.
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MEMORIES AND PEACE OF MIND
On New Year’s Day, determined to promote my life of peace, I needed to take my advice and pack up the clutter. What seemed like an ordinary household task would challenge me to reconcile my memories and peace of mind. My crazy idea to clean out and rearrange resulted in a 2 by 8 foot…
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How to Feel Peace of Mind: The Workbook
We search for encouragement, fight fear and anxiety, and wonder if it is possible to have the life we want—a life filled with peace. Have courage! With God, and a little DIY, it is possible to feel peace of mind.
