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REBUILD: BEING MADE NEW 12.03.2020 ADVENT WORD DAY 4

I love this word: REBUILD! For me this is HOPE! Our brokenness can be made whole, loss leads to newness, our weary bodies are being renewed each day! Celebrate with me! Cat lovers, you will like this one.

When you feel that you are not enough 11.30.2020

People have said for years that Mondays catch them by surprise. But those surprises can happen at any time; those kind of surprises that overwhelm us, that can make us feel that we don’t have enough resources, that we are not enough. We have been given a Helper to call upon. Today’s prayer is aContinue reading “When you feel that you are not enough 11.30.2020”

HOPE IS HERE! 10.29.2020

Beginning the preparations for Christmas! I had a lot of work to do to just get started. I could no longer ignore the piles of clothes from where my closet rod had ripped from the wall. Figuring out what to do with them meant getting rid of some things and moving many others and creatingContinue reading “HOPE IS HERE! 10.29.2020”

WHY BE THANKFUL?

Have you ever tried smiling before answering the telephone? I taught a class online where this was one of the given assignments. I am not crazy about talking on the phone, so I was amazed how much better I felt when I tried it. Various sources share that being thankful and kind, using our strengths,Continue reading “WHY BE THANKFUL?”