What do you do when faced with surprising challenges? A recent trip to Zion National Park taught me some valuable lessons in persevering through difficulty. * * * * Don’t look down. Don’t look down. These are the words I repeated to myself over and…
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6 Time Management Lies Christian Women Believe
Today’s post is by Melanie Wilson, a Christian psychologist turned homeschooling mother of six! Find out more about her at the end of the post. #1 I’ll remember that I have a really good short-term memory. I can memorize information for a test and do…
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Finding Purpose in the Wait
Seasons of waiting and delay frustrate us–especially if we have trouble finding purpose in the wait. Elizabeth had a long wait. The Bible tells us that the mother of John the Baptist was “advanced in years” when she gave birth to him. Elizabeth waited a…
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How to Wait Well
Hold up your hand if you like waiting. Although I can’t see your hands through the computer screen, I would venture that no one raised her hand. And yet, because we often need to wait, we want to learn how to wait well I hate…
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Where To Take Your Complaints
Where can you take your complaints? I mean, is it alright to complain to God? An incident with my dishwasher helped me understand this better. It all started with a box of dishwasher detergent. We bought a new box of the stuff and soon began…
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What Time is It?
When my oldest grandson was about a year-and-a-half old, he developed a fascination with clocks. He would look up at the clock and ask, “What time is it?” We would answer with the correct time and go on playing with him or eating our lunch.…
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New Beginnings: For When You’re Not Sure You Want New
When my husband and I moved to Illinois, we lived in a fifty-year-old home that was full of problems. The basement leaked. The windows were painted shut and the well-water turned my laundry orange. I couldn’t wait to get out of that old house. I…
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How to Repair Your Soul
My daughter and her family live in China. They have been studying the difficult Mandarin language for almost three years and are quite fluent now. Which amazes me because when we visit them I am astounded at how anyone could learn such a beautiful, yet…
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Why God is in the Waiting
I despise waiting. I hate the word wait. I don’t like being put on hold on the telephone. I hate slow service in a restaurant. I despise long lines in the grocery store. I especially hate delays when I come to God with desperate prayers.…