Why is contentment so difficult to attain? Why do we always want more? This post is part of a series on finding enough. When my husband and I were first married, we moved all of our belongings into our first apartment by loading used furniture…
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Five Checkpoints for a Quality Day
I love resale shops. Some of my favorite clothes are from thrift-shops and resale boutiques. Often I find exactly the right color and fit in one of these stores, even when a hunt in typical retail shops turns up nothing. However, resale shopping requires a…
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Four Steps to a Less Frazzled Life
I love window shopping. Wandering through boutiques and shops, scoping out new styles and fashions is one of my favorite pastimes. I pause at store windows, looking at the mannequins dressed in the latest trends. I check out the fabrics, colors and cut of the…
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4 Steps to Finding Your True Self
Have you lost the real you? Frederick Buechner wrote in his book Telling Secrets: We try to make ourselves into something that we hope the world will like better than it apparently did the selves we originally were. That is the story of all our…
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Free eBook: 7 Words Your Soul Needs In A Waiting Season
That word is not one I want to hear. The barista says, “Wait at that counter.” But I want my latte now. The customer service person says, “Wait right here.” But I want my problem solved now. God says, “Wait a while.” But I want…
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Why Suspense is a Necessary Element in Our Waiting Stories
Have you noticed that your favorite novels have the necessary element of suspense? that you like the book a little less when you can guess how the story ends from the very first chapter? God is writing an excellent story for your life, and suspense…
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What Are You Waiting For?
Visiting our daughter in China involves waiting in a lot of lines. First, my husband and I queue up at the Chinese consulate in Chicago to obtain our visas. In fact, we usually do this several times for just one visa, because inevitably the rules will have…
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Why God Loves the Word Wait
We’ve all experienced the frustration of waiting. Waiting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Waiting through airport security. Waiting for service in a restaurant. Waiting to hear, “You’ve got the job!” Waiting for wedding bells. Waiting for test results. Waiting to be reconciled with a loved one. And we despise it.…
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The Surprising Gift of Saying Yes
Brenda and I met in the lounge of a transitional home for women where she and thirty other women were working to rebuild their shattered lives. Amongst mismatched sofas and coffee tables that had seen better days, I helped this sixty-two-year-old woman prepare for her…