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In early spring on the farm, the smell of old winter leaves burning signals that winter has passed. The old literally goes up in smoke, to make way for the new growth underneath. Sometimes sweet mom, we need to rid ourselves of wrong attitudes, draining friends, bad habits and every old bit of garbage around. We need a fresh start. Pray for that today.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17, NKJV)
It had been a busy day and I kept moving from morning to night, actually, with a new baby in the house, I was moving in the middle of the night as well. It was bedtime for my other two and I had just tucked them in. Completely exhausted with my third child now asleep […]
I love starting a new year. It’s fresh and full of promise – a miracle. “Miracles are supernatural events that supersedes natural laws.” Do you need a few of these this year? Last week I drove by a familiar intersection and a memory came flooding back. Let me tell you about a miracle … […]
Dear Mom, This year is almost in the history books and what’s done is done. The good news is: you can start fresh tomorrow and to ensure change, commit to forgetting the past – both good and bad. The good has a tenacity to make us proud, and the bad, well, that can keep us […]
Do Not Worry The Bible says not to worry about anything. Ponder that for a moment. Not-to-worry-about-anything. That’s intense. My Mom heard a quote once and when she detects worry in herself (or me!) she says, “Worry is needless, useless and godless”. She’s right. Worry zaps the life out of good moments and sucks the […]
The Night Everything Changed As darkness fell, nothing was out-of-the-ordinary. The shepherds were in the fields with their sheep, possibly reclining with their back against a rock (uncomfortable!) – watching, like every other night. Can you imagine their surprise, when right before their slumbering eyes an angel appeared? And I wonder why to them? During […]