The Barrenness of Doing it Ourselves
We have a flower farm here in Northern California and leading up to this beautiful idea has been a trial and error kind of adventure....
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HOPE : Advent: First Sunday
Hope. There is something magical in the process of the leaves turning from its lush green to the spectacular hues of yellows, oranges,...
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Looking to Him
The thing we look at the most, reflects through us the most. One of the flower farm favorites here is the sunflower. It’s hard to not...
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Discontentment
Discontentment. This is a space that can be all too familiar for many. Whether it is a place of suffering, or a trial, or bored with the...
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What is the unforgivable offense?
Forgiveness. What is the unforgivable offense? Is it murder? Affair? Slander? Worse? Jesus, who forgave us everything through His perfect...
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Continually Praising - Psalm 34:1-3
“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble...
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Feelings vs Truth
Emotions and feelings are good indicators of what our hearts reveal. It's a beautiful and painful part about sanctification, the removal...
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Never Thirst Again.
In this beautiful life of seasons where the ups and downs come and go, so will people. The tide rises and falls. The storms blow and...
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Blinding Our Kids from the Light
My son held close to his body a limp and bleeding black Cayuga duck with regretful panic in his eyes. My sensitive and dear daughter...
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Dear friend, I am going to let you down.
Dear friend, I am going to let you down. In one way or another, there is something that I am going to do that is not going to meet your...
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Forty Days and Forty Nights
This week I have been moved deeply in my heart for all the families who are silently struggling right now. It’s been a while for everyone...
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I’m broken and on clearance
When I turned to the clearance section at Hobby Lobby, I was browsing through the slim selections of goodies until I saw this and audibly...
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