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A New Year – 2022! Looking for Blessings
I cannot even believe 2022 is here already. Life seems to be on fast forward these days. So many beautiful things happened this year. There were trials and pains but we’re still standing! God saw us through and He promised to never leave us nor forsake us. He promised all things would work for our good and that, my friends, is what I’m hanging on to. I want to be able to focus on all the good things God has done for me. If I do that will I not learn to see and recognize Him in the ordinary everyday? In the moments that are special but maybe not glittery…
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Practicing the 5 Love Languages
More than likely you have heard of the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. In print since 1995, this book has really made an impact in people’s thinking. The book states that there are 5 emotional love languages and that we need to express our love in the language that speaks the most to our spouse, keeping their emotional love tank filled. It’s when their tank starts getting empty that our spouse may feel unloved and problems can start to arise in our relationship. To refresh your memory, the 5 love languages are: Words of Affirmation Acts of Service Quality Time Gifts Physical Touch I started wondering what…
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Finding That With God, It Really Is Enough
Life’s situations and circumstances can sure throw you some curveballs at times. I think when we are walking in the Lord, we are targets for the Devils wrath and he wants to do anything he can to derail our walk in the Lord Jesus. I certainly never expected to go through some of the trials that the Lord in his wisdom has allowed. They’ve been hard and oh, so difficult but He knows and cares all the times I have cried out in my bitterness and despair. Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Psalms 56:8 I have found great…
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How God Kept the Goodwin Fire From Burning Our Home
Fire, an evacuation, escaping out a back way and the miraculous hand of God. All these things happened in the last few days. It all started Saturday afternoon around 4pm. A fire began in Pine Flats, Arizona about 7 miles from our house. That evening we could see some smoke. On Monday it looked like this from the front of our house. There was quite a bit of activity in the skies as helicopters and airplanes flew overhead to release water and slurry on the fire that was a few mountain ranges over. We continued to watch the smoke and at times it seemed as if it…
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A Home Life that Nourishes – Taking the Road Less Traveled
Does it seem as if I’m stuck on this topic of the home life? I’ve written about the subject twice recently. First when I talked about having a vision for your family and then why we should keep a tidy home. I can’t help it. I feel very passionate about the home and the importance of it. If you’re a homemaker I’m sure you also realize how important the home life is. There is nothing that can compare with the influence and shaping that our homes can have on our children. Home Life is Vital to Our Children Home is so important but yet it’s so easy to lose sight…
