What I learned About Adversity From a Dying Plant – Serenity in Suffering
I've attempted to learn all I could about plants, but nothing compared to what I learned about adversity from a dying plant, it changed the way I see life.
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Persevering When Everything Else Tells You to Quit
This is better than Aesop’s Fable about the tortoise and the hare. Partly because it’s true. And partly because it’s so amusing. In 1976, at the height of all the patriotic, bicen…
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8 Things That Kill Motivation and Momentum – Ron Edmondson
I have found that regardless of how motivated I am, if the people around me are unmotivated, we aren't going to be very successful as a team. This is why it
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Turning Mountains into Molehills – Stories from Stepmoms
Turning Mountains into Molehills' weekly blog will explore the ways God uses the ordinary events of life to teach us. Today we look at Shawn Simon's new book, “Stepping Into a New Role, Stories from Stepmoms.”
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The Dark Days Purpose — Michelle Blan
Could you imagine if we only had days that were full of nothing but bright sun, puffy white clouds, and a sky colored in the most beautiful hues of blue? What if we all walked around smiling and giggling? What if our hearts and minds were always content? What if we had no worries, no anxiety, and no
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The Other Side of Pain that Started by Being Bed-Ridden. It Only Took 13 Years. – Bravester
There is the other side of pain. It just takes time and learning and vulnerability and brave decisions. Even the pain of the scars lessens eventually.
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Insider Radical Faith Secrets For Any Jesus Followers – Growing Through God’s Word
What does “radical” mean and why as Christians are we called to be radical followers of Jesus? This is how it feels to be radical. Photo by Clique Images on Unsplash Radical: “very different from the usual or traditional” “favoring extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or institutions” ~ Merriam Dictionary Stepping out The best example of… Continue reading Insider Radical Faith Secrets For Any Jesus Followers
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The Beauty of a Letter
A dying art, the handwritten letter is slowly but surely being replaced by emails and texts. I confess, I just am as guilty of letting this age-old practice diminish in my own life; and yet, readi…
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Endurance & Perseverance — Broken & Hopeful
Last year, my sister-in-laws convinced me to try to run a 10K for the first time in my life. I was running a bit, but only short distances. Six miles seemed ridiculously far away. I often found myself running too fast in the beginning couple of miles, and then I was totally spent and couldn’t go fur
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The Privileged Life: Serenity in Scorched Earth
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames w…
