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Is that Peace Counterfeit?

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Counterfeit Peace

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It doesn’t seem like you can find one person that doesn’t have some type of pain in their lives right now. Our own family is dealing with painful situations and situations that just do not seem to have answers.

And yet……

I watch as marriages are failing, lives are being destroyed by choices made and others decide that alcohol and drugs will make the pain go away.

Counterfeit…..
a fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery Continue reading Is that Peace Counterfeit? →

Lift that Load with Thanksgiving!

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 Lifting that Load…..

I was watching a backhoe the other day in a field near our home.  It was scooping dirt, lifting it, turning and placing it in a pile behind itself. It moved with precision and did quite a bit of work. No wonder our boys loved watching these type of machines work when they got a chance!

It was quite mesmerizing actually. Boy, it sounds like I need to get a life!

But I got to thinking about our loads…..

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just scoop them up and dump them behind us?

Well, we kind of can…. Continue reading Lift that Load with Thanksgiving! →

Faith in my Abba

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I have faith in my Abba Father.

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By the time this is published, my mom will have had her second hip replaced. She also has a pacemaker/defibrillator and needs some new knees. We kid her and tell her she will soon be a “bionic woman”. And going through airport security? Well……let’s just say she needs to have those cards out and ready should she decide to fly to the Bahamas.

She has a pain tolerance level higher than anyone I have ever seen. She has endured plenty in her life, in physical and emotional ways. She is a trooper. And of course I love her. Although it is still simply amazing that our mothers can make us feel like 12 year olds sometimes. I am sure that I do that to my adult children too.

So, I covet your prayers for my Momma’s speedy recovery. Continue reading Faith in my Abba →