God In The Midst of The “Fire” Twenty years ago to the day our lives were shaken, our faith stretched yet our confidence in God grew. The phone rang, it was my husband Troy. His voice was distant and urgent! He had run his hand through the table saw and needed help! I was bathing […]
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Christmas Birthdays My birthday is one week before Christmas so often my birthday and Christmas presents are combined. My very first birthday memory is of a gift that has lasted a lifetime. It was my seventh birthday and I was excited! Mom had planned a birthday party for me and had invited a family for
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It’s a cozy evening, candles are burning, our youngest daughter is home for Thanksgiving and she put up the Christmas tree. My part in the decorating was small but significant. There is one Christmas decoration that never gets packed away. It just moves to our bedroom and sits on my Grandmother’s old music cabinet. A
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The Hidden Swimsuit I have a vivid memory of the color. Mine was bright orange, my sister’s lime green. Mom had bought us matching swim suits with little skirts on them. Being only fourteen months apart Mom often dressed us like twins. We grew up as best friends and always looked out for each other.
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Funnel Trumpets The other day a friend was helping me clean up after a meal and asked if I had a funnel. I chuckled as I reached to the back of the drawer where I keep them. Many times over the years I have looked at shiny new stainless steel funnels only to put them
The Gift of a Toothache Being self employed has been one of the biggest gifts God has given us. Although money is what first comes to mind as the reason, in our case growing our faith is. This is just one of hundreds of stories that I could tell, and it is best understood by
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A Childhood Prayer He had pure white hair and was a deacon at our church. I was a young child. I don’t recall ever talking to him, I just know one day I noticed his absence…he never returned. As a small child I was taught to pray for others. I still remember the list of
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Your Hearts Desire When I was ten years old our neighbor taught me how to play Jesus Loves Me on the piano. The method was simple. A two finger chord with the left hand and a single finger melody played with the right. I built off of this quickly and instantly began praying for a
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He Will Wipe the Tears From Our Eyes “Thump”, “thump”. I instantly had a stomach ache. I knew the familiar sound. I got up from my painting to check to see if the distracted birds survived flying into our window. My heart lightened as I found no evidence of injury or even worse, death. I
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Great Grandmother’s Faith She was a small woman slightly hunched over in a her chair but what I remember most was her hands. This is the very first and last memory I have I my Great Grandmother. Even at the age of seven I understood that her extremely twisted hands must have hurt. My sister,
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