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Strength of 1

Step-moms are supposed to be wicked, but Carol wasn’t. I can’t remember her without a smile or without a kind word. When she and my dad, Ron, got married, I was already grown and out of the house, but...

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Note-Passing

If you were to meet me in person, you might find me to be quiet. If we were to go out to lunch, I most likely would ask a few questions, and then sit back and listen. I’m a listener by nature. In fact,...

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Transparent

Sometimes I wonder if I’m too transparent in my writing. As my husband, John, has told me before, “We don’t have skeletons in our closet . . . because you put them on the front lawn for everyone to...

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Being a Child of Divorce

www.freedigitalphotos.net I remember the first time I heard a friend’s parents were divorcing. I must have been seven at the time, and I didn’t understand. Was that possible? I mean people were allowed...

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Change Happens

I’m a person who thrives on routine. Every morning I make coffee, slip away for a few minutes of Bible study, shower and eat the same breakfast — a bowl of oatmeal with milk and walnuts. For date...

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Forever Thankful

Growing up I never thought, “Someday I’d like to travel.” I loved reading. I loved visiting new places in books. But the idea of me traveling to another country was, well, foreign to me. I grew up in...

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The Comparison Game

Today, do you feel discouraged? Do you see others having success at all levels and wonder when it will be your turn? We all know we are special creations, unique and precious to God. Yet why do we...

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How to Avoid Temptation

Feeling tempted? We can’t live on this earth without temptation. We can’t go through a day without temptation. I’m thankful for the many sermons over the years that have reminded me, “Having temptation...

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Teaching Your Child to Pray at Mealtime

Have you ever found your family halfway through dinner only to have a child ask, “Did we pray?” This is a clear sign that the grace was far from memorable . . . yet it should be the most important...

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Steps to Transparency

My abortion was my biggest shame and only my husband, my mother (and my ex-boyfriend of course) knew about it. I can remember sitting in Bible study and the women talking about abortion. I thought I...

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A Time to Laugh, A Time to Cry

I stumbled across this blog post the other day, and it spoke to me. Since this was posted, we’ve also adopted two more children into the Goyer family and are still in the process of going through some...

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Emptiness

There is nothing worse than feeling empty. Nothing worse that having desire unfulfilled. When we’re empty, we’re unsatisfied. And we are placed at risk because we seek to be filled. (I’ve struggled...

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How to Make Today Truly Miserable (Unofficial Unrecommended List)

Open your eyes and think of all you didn’t get done yesterday. Assume the worst when your husband asks, “So do you have any plans today?” As if you didn’t have a huge to-do list every day. Push aside...

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Three Reasons You Need Jesus

  You can sing Jesus Loves Me, but it’s more than a song. You wonder if life can be different. You wonder if it’s just enough to respect who Jesus was. Do you really need Him? Yes, and here are three...

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There Comes a Time . . .

There comes a time when you take “Go, Ye, into all the world” seriously and invite your neighbor out to coffee and look into taking a mission trip with your kids. When you realize people need Jesus...

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The Gas Pedal Test

Real life for me always means making minor adjustments. Sometimes they are adjustments we think about with great diligence. Other times they happen slowly, and we hardly notice them. It reminds me of...

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See Me. Encourage Me.

Everyone needs a little encouragement—to been seen, to be appreciated, to be listened to, to be honored with a moment of your time. I mean everyone. God reminded me of this when I was in South...

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How Motherhood has Stretched Me

Motherhood has stretched me . . . and I’m not just talking about the marks that my polka-dot bathing suit fails to hide. (With each child’s birth, my hips and thighs expanded along with my heart!)...

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