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35 Years Ago Today…..The Secret!

December 21, 2014Christian encouragement, Encouragement for Women, Unconditional love35th Wedding Anniversary, Abundant Life, Christian encouragement, Christian life, compromise, encouragement in Christ, God's peace, Marriage Secrets, marriage secrets, TrialsT.W. Allgaier

35 Years Ago Today….

I married this skinny 20 year old boy from the east side of town. I was 19 and we married between semesters of college. The church was already decorated; even though green and red are my least favorite colors in the world. We had a woman “practice” the beginning of her photography career on us, and the dress was a second hand dress from a friend who had worn it in a pageant. I actually paid more for the hat, it was 1979 after all.

The church had just barely completed a total auditorium remodel the day before, it was icy outside, the cake was lop sided with a knife propping up one side, and my dad wasn’t even in attendance. We did not send out invitations, having put it in the local paper and I just hoped someone would show up. And they did. Continue reading 35 Years Ago Today…..The Secret! →

An Ordinary Sponge

December 9, 2014Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Freedom in Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, Surrender, Unconditional love of God, Who I am in ChristAbba, Christian encouragement, Christian life, encouragement in Christ, God's peace, Living the Christian life, Ordinary People, spiritual encouragement, spongeT.W. Allgaier

A Sponge

Have you ever soaked up liquid with a sponge? You can just sit it in the liquid and the next thing you know, all the liquid is contained in that sponge. It doesn’t seem to ever fill up.

That is us friends. We soak up what is around us. If we are around negative people all the time….we kind of get to be that way. If we are around positive people on a daily basis, we seem to change our attitude as well.

Soaking up His word and encouragement is life changing. Continue reading An Ordinary Sponge →

Lift that Load with Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Hope, Spiritual Encouragement, To Rest in Christ, Trials, TroublesAbba, Christ, Christian encouragement, Christian life, encouragement, encouragement in Christ, God's peace, heavy load, spiritual encouragementT.W. Allgaier

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! →