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Is that Peace Counterfeit?

Counterfeit Peace

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!

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! →

You Might Need to use Your Thumbs!

November 20, 2014Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, Trials, Troublescaring for others, Christian encouragement, encouragement in Christ, social media, spiritual encouragement, textingT.W. Allgaier

You Might Need to use Your Thumbs!

We’ve heard it a million times, “actions speak louder than words”. And while I do agree with that quote, there is something to be said about words. Often the “action” is in presenting the words!

We have so many ways to express our sentiments. We can text, Facebook, instagram, twitter…and not have to verbally say a thing; one doesn’t even have to pick up the phone or make a visit.

How hard can that be? Continue reading You Might Need to use Your Thumbs! →