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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Sometimes this is what service looks like. It’s a sink full of messy pots, pans, and dishes just waiting to be washed and put away. You...

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