Journaling
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Pitching My Tent
I sighed. “Back to reality,” I said as we turned off the highway and down the road that led to our house. The car stopped and Hawk shot a look over to me, “Reality is real life. It’s our life.” The way he said it stuck with me. I thought it over as we passed the green fields, the cows in the pasture taking refuge from the sun in the pond and under the shady trees. It wasn’t the beach, where we had just returned, but it was home. I was already feeling the post vacation woes, reflecting on a week of no responsibility, a week of no work – a…
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Things I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self
In the past two nights I have seen both my brother and my sister-in-law, dressed in gowns and tasseled hats, walk across a stage to receive their high school diplomas. I am so proud and excited for them as they celebrate their hard earned accomplishments and this milestone in their lives. I am currently 7 years post my high school graduation and almost five years post college graduation – there’s a far enough distance for me to have perspective but still close enough for me to remember the feelings that came after being handed that diploma. The feelings of excitement and pride followed by the looming “Now what?” after the…
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Soul Rustlings
I love following other people’s blogs. Many times the Holy Spirit speaks to me and moves me through the inspiring things I read. Lately, however, I’ve developed a holy jealousy. A jealousy for God to reveal Himself to me directly. To really give me my own voice. I read moving stories of how other women are experiencing God in such a raw and real way and I write down quotes that impact me, but I want more. I don’t want to just read about God or how others are growing and experiencing His Presence – I want that relationship with Him myself! I jealousy crave knowing Him that way firsthand. I…
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Back Porch Fellowship
A couple months ago I took a day off of work to spend with Hawk. Our calendars have been full the past year and a half of our marriage. Honestly, many times I’ve resented Hawk’s busy schedule and the commitments that take him away from our home and me – every time I got a calendar notification alert, I’d sigh. I felt like those notifications, those commitments that we had no control over were controlling our lives, our plans, our marriage. And I was lonely. One night it just became too much. I felt bitter and I felt distanced from my husband. So I took a day off of work to spend time…
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The Jabez Journey: Part III | His Fingerprints
“Lord, bless me indeed. Do something so big in my life, that it is obviously from you. Lord, increase my influence and opportunities for you. Please give me the awareness of Your continual presence and direction. Protect me and keep me from Satan’s traps. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.” – The Jabez Prayer based on 1 Chronicles 4:10 – Reflections Days 8-15 “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in Truth.” – Psalm 145:18 I’m overwhelmed. I’m overwhelmed by His goodness. He meets you right where you are. He doesn’t say “Get better first.” He doesn’t ignore. He sees exactly where you…
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The Jabez Journey: Part II | Word For 2016
“Lord, bless me indeed. Do something so big in my life, that it is obviously from you. Lord, increase my influence and opportunities for you. Please give me the awareness of Your continual presence and direction. Protect me and keep me from Satan’s traps. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.” – The Jabez Prayer based on 1 Chronicles 4:10 – Reflections Days 4-7 Part of the Jabez prayer experience is fasting one meal each week. It’s forsaking earthly food, an earthy need, for spiritual food and an even greater spiritual need. It was during this first meal of fasting that a word for 2016 imprinted itself on my heart. It’s a common practice…
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The Jabez Journey: Part 1 | The Greatest Obsession
“Lord, bless me indeed. Do something so big in my life, that it is obviously from you. Lord, increase my influence and opportunities for you. Please give me the awareness of Your continual presence and direction. Protect me and keep me from Satan’s traps. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.” – The Jabez Prayer based on 1 Chronicles 4:10 – Reflections Days 1-3 I’ve heard miracle stories about this prayer. I felt a longing in my heart to commit to our pastor’s challenge to pray the Prayer of Jabez for 30 days, but excuses soon filled my mind. This isn’t a miracle prayer with automatically granted answers. It’s a prayer of posturing yourself before…
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Week 13 : The Lost Art of Letters
I’ve always loved handwritten letters. Ever since I was a little girl, I always thought there was something about that little red flag sticking up in the air. It isn’t unusual for me to send cards or letters to my friends or people I am thinking about on a regular basis, actually I can be accused of doing so quite often. As a matter of fact, I was known to one of my friend’s boyfriend’s as the “girl that writes letters.” No, I’m not joking. Letter writing is some serious business. Because “snail mail” is something that has captured my heart, I wrote Hawk 12 letters before he deployed. I…
