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Shaking My Dust

Leaving perfectionism behind

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Living the grace-filled life one day at a time.

Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022

The stones in my path

I am sitting on a bench in the speckled shade under a tree where I can still feel the sun but not the full force of it. I am studying the path curving around me this way and that, and it has made me set aside my book and think. All along this path there …

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Posted on November 14, 2021November 14, 2021

As Great a Leap as Ever was Taken

I heard a song recently about stepping out in faith and trusting fully enough to experience miracles, and I was shaken to my core because I, too, want to have faith like that, but then it hit me. I’ve heard the song a hundred times. I have it saved in my playlist, and I belt …

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Posted on May 9, 2021May 12, 2021

A splash of Psalms with a twist of time

The reflections of a mother clinging to the 136th chapter I’m not going to lie, when my children were small, I was young and full of pride. I had taken childcare classes, read parenting books, and observed plenty of other mothers. I knew exactly how I was going to raise my children to confident, blissful …

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Posted on March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

What makes you so special?

So you think you are beyond the reach of God's grace and mercy? The skeletons in your closet are too scary to be let out into the light? You have sunk too low, and your regrets have piled up higher than your deepest fears (and that's saying a lot)? Well, what makes you so special? …

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Posted on February 1, 2021February 2, 2021

Letting my foot hang over the edge

Monsters are real. I’ve known this for quite a while now, even though it has taken me years to say it out loud. The monsters never look how I imagined them, but I recognize them when I see them. As little kids we know the danger is real. We can feel it and hear it …

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Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

I am worth more than leftovers

It took me a long time to realize this, but I am worth more than leftovers. I can and should lay down my rights for yours and forgive seventy times seven and give my life for a brother, BUT there’s sacrificial giving and then there’s self-sacrificing living, and there’s a fine line between the two. …

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Posted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Who I am and why I’m here

I’m a Christian working mom who is married to a pastor who is a former Marine. I am a mother of six and grandmother of one. Once upon a time, my husband and I sold everything we had and served as missionaries overseas. But I’m so much more than that. I am also a woman …

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Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

Sometimes I bow my head and whisper your name

You may not know this about me, but sometimes when the world has gone quiet and I’m alone with my thoughts, I bow my head and whisper your name. You may be sick or studying for a test or reeling from a broken heart or picking up the pieces of a shattered dream. You may …

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Posted on July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

I was okay . . . until I wasn’t

I thought I had it all under control. One day while we were living in Pennsylvania for part of our missionary training, I took the kids and went to WalMart for a supply run. The lady behind me in the checkout line saw me paying for fabric with my four daughters in tow and sporting …

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Posted on April 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Someone forgot to tell the flowers

I am working at my computer while my cat chews the cords and my son asks what’s for lunch and my husband walks by and kisses the top of my head. I am well rested because it’s a much shorter distance to my dining room table than my office across the river, and the gym …

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