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Sunday Scaries
I’ve developed a dislike of Sundays. . . probably because they’re always followed by Mondays. I dislike the Sunday Scaries: that feeling of dread you get when Sunday evening rolls around and you realize that your weekend is coming to an end and another weekend is days away. What a way to spend a night.…
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The Wisdom of Flowers
Flowers fascinate me. They know when to grow, when to bloom, when to drop their petals (all over the floor!). Let’s look at the wisdom of flowers. They Are Resilient When my mom moved into a new house she dug up some daffodils. The next year they returned. A good part of the yard was…
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Beauty in the Overwhelm
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you” Isaiah 43:2a ESV I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the things I want to get done in my yard. It’s my first time having a yard in the Spring, and I was not prepared for all…
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Wayward Waters
Originally published by The Round Farmhouse on May 5, 2025. “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Psalm 30:5b ESV). I recently moved into a new home, and it didn’t really rain for the next few months. But then there were heavy rains, and I learned that water doesn’t always…
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Putting Spring in Your Walk With God
Originally published by the Round Farmhouse Ministries on February 25, 2025. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2 ESV). I love Spring: The warmer weather,…
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Sometimes Being Love Means Keeping My Mouth Shut
Being love through the lens of Psalm 4. I’ve fallen in love with Psalm 4. I was originally drawn to it because of verse 8, but recently the entire Psalm has hit me in different ways. Especially this past week, when my work and personal email inboxes hit me like a storm. I was coming…
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Swedish Fish
Originally posted by The Round Farmhouse Ministries on Friday, January 17, 2025 “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night” Psalm 1:2 (ESV). I love running distance, but last summer I noticed my long-distance runs were getting difficult to complete. I lost energy and…
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I Can Have Hope
As posted by The Round Farmhouse on October 9, 2024 as part of a study of Romans. “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Romans 5:3-4 ESV During 2020 I started keeping index cards with scripture on my kitchen counter.…
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Where Obstacles Lie
Thankful to be published on The Round Farmhouse on 9/19/24. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1 ESV I’ve become a runner.…
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Slipping
“When I thought,’My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm 94:18-19 ESV The Bible doesn’t promise a care-free life. My foot will slip (and I literally slip more than I’d like to admit, and I never see it…