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Continue reading →: When it all boils down to love.“For I desire faithful love & not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6, CSB Have you ever read through Hosea? I just decided to dive into it, the last time having read the book through was years ago, though it had always been a favorite…
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Continue reading →: A ready help.All too often I find myself looking at the Bible as only a history lesson. Proof that God once had it. Here’s what he did in the good old days. Here’s the work he performed in his prime, before retirement. The present isn’t a waiting game for God.…
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Continue reading →: Halfsies.“‘Come, let us settle this’, says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 CSB I was recently driving down the road when God brought my attention to a little dance…
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Continue reading →: Grief on its tiptoes.
Sometimes it feels as if grief walks on its tiptoes, creeping up behind you until its too late & all at once you’re engulfed in a sea of sorrow. Its so weighty, but the initial pitter patter sound can fool us all. Mother’s day was like that for…
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Continue reading →: I fight to feel purposeful.
I honestly didn’t even realize until I was reading the genealogy in Matthew, highlighting all the women who were important mamas, but when I came to verse 16, the tables turned. “& Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Christ.” —Matthew…
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Continue reading →: The best marriage advice I’ve ever been given.Today is three years with my handsome, loving, & selfless man. Three years. No, its not 10, 20, or 50. But its three years. 365 days three times over (my hubs isn’t here to do my math right now). 1 child growing 3 years older. 2 children being added to…
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Continue reading →: You are big, you are big, you are big.Seek first His kingdom & His righteousness. Matthew 6:33 We are in the season of building. Not a house, but a people. Maybe a house, if you’re referring to refining these edges & making the house of God a little more concrete. Cementing the cracks, telling the stones smaller in…
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Continue reading →: If my people.I’m reading 2 Chronicles. First off, let me tell you why, because I normally wouldn’t jump to read the Old Testament. Actually, I just stopped & returned to my safety net of the New Testament. I read Ruth, Esther, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, & Daniel, letting the Holy Spirit lead me…
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Continue reading →: In the treasure room.“Blessed is the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. For He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy & blameless in love before Him.” — Ephesians 1:3-4 CSB…
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Continue reading →: Where we’re at & where we lack.Sometimes I think we want God to heal us while we keep our backs toward him. We negotiate, “If you are real, you wouldn’t put us through all of this. & so I’m going to stand here & ask you, if you’re real, to take this all away. Make it…
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I’m Sam.
Coming to you from good ole Northeast Ohio. Donny + I have been married for nine years, we have four kiddos- Allie, Luca, Leo, + Emmy Sue Promise. I’m a homeschool mom, photographer, author, women’s ministry director, + new podcast creator, just over here trying to get use to the sound of my voice.
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