The older I get, the more I appreciate my physical health. The perceived immortality I carried in my youth has worn off. Consistent reminders of how the body no longer responds (or recovers) help me appreciate how good it feels to feel good! It would be easy to think that challenges regarding physical well-being are limited to folks who are getting...
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I’m a "feelings" kind of girl. When I'm sad, I feel it deeply. When I'm joyous, I'm over the moon. My emotions tend to run more like a far-reaching pendulum than the steady tick-tock of a clock’s gears. Emotions are a gift, but sometimes we have to be careful what we DO with how we FEEL. Knowing how to tend to...
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Last week my Mama's heart was pulled on every front. Each of our adult children was dealing with a challenge of some type. Physical. Emotional. Or both. As a dear friend said, "We only do as good as how any given kid is doing badly." When our kids hurt. We hurt. Period. Before last week I knew I'd be launching into...
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One more beat of the drum because "new" never gets old! We've explored different ways God gives us new the past three weeks. New beginnings. New mercy. New "wine." This week's new is more personal. It's the new He does IN us THROUGH Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things...
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