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A Thorn in My Side
Blessed to be a guest writer this week at Briannagrams.com. Click here to read!
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Cut Yourself Some Slack
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV Last week I mentioned cutting myself some slack when tackling hills, and this week that idea stuck with me. I have a target time for my running mile. Sometimes my mile time…
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Learning to Walk . . . Again
This was posted on The Round Farmhouse Ministries blog on Friday, July 5th. So thankful to be writing for another blog! “God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.” Habakkuk 3:19a ESV A few months ago, I was finishing a run when…
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Testifying to the Goodness of God
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.” 2 Corinthians 2:15 ESV I have a love/hate relationship with public speaking. I’m fine if I’m speaking in a dark, crowded auditorium. I’m fine if I’m speaking about something I’ve prepared on a specific topic. But…
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Get Up
I’ve avoided writing this week’s post, but it’s time to share this part of my story, so here it goes. “I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.” Psalm 104:33 ESV As I shared in a previous post, someone near to…
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Things They Remember: Being Loved
“Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV I often wonder if anything I do at work really matters. I invest in students, some for four years, but then they leave. I know parents do the same thing, but it’s a bit different as a teacher. Because I invest in…
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Outline for My Life
“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” Proverbs 19:21 ESV Having a solid outline is valuable when writing. I know this to be true after pumping out one paper a week for 3 years. But your outline changes as you write…
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A Reason to Celebrate
“Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” Isaiah 25:1 NIV Ever since I hit thirty, I need to stop and remember how old I am. With a birthday this past week (39 years old. . . I…
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God’s Timeline
“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord established his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 ESV I’m a planner. It’s part of being a teacher. But I’ve become a person who not only plans, but who makes contingency plans for when my initial plans go awry. Occupational hazard of being a high school choral director,…
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Things They Remember: Making Room for Love
“Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV I’m intentional about creating a classroom environment in which students feel loved, both by each other and by me. During our time of online and hybrid learning, I used journal reflections to give students opportunities to think about and write responses to…