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I Want Something Better!
Galatians 4:8-9 Paul says, “Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn your back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world,…
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Enough
Oh there’s that word again. Enough. Am I enough for God? Am I enough for the plans He has for me? Can I be stretched that far without breaking? Is He enough for me? Well, the answer to that question is obvious. For I know the plans you have for me, to prosper me and…
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What is waiting?
Wait on the Lord. Something that appears over, and over, and over in the Bible. Wait on Him. Is that the same thing as patience? I say a little bit yes, but mostly no. Patience doesn’t mean to wait. The dictionary definition defines patiences this way: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering…
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Stirring things up…
I know that there are some people that followed us through this blog while we went to Oregon. Followed our spiritual journey, and prayed for us. I am so grateful for that! I have been blogging more candidly on my business page (Homespun Branding Studio) and because of that, I haven’t had time or felt…
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A lot.
A lot has happened since I last posted on here. So much. I’m full of all of the things that have happened. They overflow from me, and they pour back into me. It’s hard to explain it all, and of course, I can’t just do that on this blog. There’s too much. We are out…
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More fun times for EJ
E is now just shy of 2 1/2 and things have changed a bit from last year. We recently allowed him to eat too much soy, without realizing it. When he gets bits of it in his diet over a period of time, then he doesn’t sleep. We’ve known this from the beginning. What’s new…
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Spiritual Triage
Our churches meet once a week on Sunday. Perhaps they have small groups throughout the week, maybe an event here and there. What are we doing? Who’s idea was it for churches to have one big meeting? One day a week? Large churches have Saturday services, sometimes they hold three or four during the week.…
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Unschool // Houseschool // Homeschool
Huh? Yeah. Apparently, there are a million ways to homeschool your children. And it’s confusing, because each one is like a different community with different beliefs on how to do it the “right” way. Jon and I have decided to homeschool our kids. It wasn’t an easy decision. It’s something that I always thought I’d…
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visitations // part one
I can’t really process the last two weeks, so instead I’m just going to blog. After four days of traveling through the plains, the sandhills, the Rockies, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, desert, high desert, the Cascades, and the Coastal mountains….they finally got here. My mom and stepdad, the first to come visit us in Oregon. Hopefully…
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Why do we need patience?
Patience…I’m starting to get what that means. I know I am only getting a taste of it, too. I know when I am twice my age and looking back, I will probably laugh a little at what I thought was hard at 30, and what I thought I was learning. What I think is a…
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Grow grow grow……please?
Update on the plants! Starting in the greenhouse, here’s my first hot pepper. It’s the only one growing on the plant. The plant looks very healthy, except it’s not growing much. No other flowers on it. And it has these little white bugs or whatever they are on the leaves. They don’t seem to actually…