Our friends at Shelton Interactive gave us The Pirate and the Firefly to review quite a while ago now. This super sweet book is the second book released in the series written by Tara Reeves and Amanda Jenkins. It is about a boy, a bug and a lesson in wisdom. The first book, The Knight and the […]
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As I have alluded to in past posts, I have been under trial for quite a few years now. Being Big Bro’s mama has demanded countless hours of training, discipline, research, and implementation of the research into our life spanning from diet to general living. And not only in the motherhood realm, but the trial
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As I SOAPed the last chapter in 2nd Peter, I couldn’t help but notice a few things from both this chapter and 1st and 2nd Peter as a whole. Aside from reading a verse or passage here and there along with a devotional or something, I had never read through either book in its entirety.
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This week ended Esther and began 1 Peter. I noticed that Esther 8 and the first chapter of 1 Peter share a common thread, found actually in Psalm 112:1. There we read “Praise the Lord. Blessed are those that fear the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.”
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All the way back in January I chose peaceful calm as the phrase for my year. I was intending to bring a peaceful calm to my home, my kids, my person and our life. I should have known marking out an intention like that would bring testing. How often don’t we find our hope dashed,
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The Knight and The Firefly is a cute little book that teaches kids a biblical lesson about being brave courtesy of a little boy named Oliver and his lightening bug friend names Phineas. My boys thoroughly enjoyed the story and the bright, bold pictures! I had followed a link from another blog I read and
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Do you ever feel like you are being held over a fire? Or that you are going to be consumed by the flames of circumstance in your life? Suffering is just a part of life and can be a internal or external pain that we just cannot wriggle away from. In the weeks up to
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Signs of spring are beginning to show up! I have seen bright green moss and skunk cabbage flowers and growth happening. These are the first two signs of spring that happen in our woods. And along with spring comes Easter. It is fast approaching us and I am excited to dive into understanding and applying
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One of my favorite verses in the Bible is the one in Matthew that is an invitation to rest for the weary and burdened. This has brought me much comfort in my journey over the past few years. Recently, I discovered a deeper meaning. As you read through the book of John, you will
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What do we do after we pray and give God our requests? We wait. We wait for a yes, no or a maybe, right? I don’t know about you, but while I’m waiting I keep petitioning God. My prayer of request goes on repeat and that usually increases the anxiety and tension because it keeps
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