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May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 150: Not dead yet … “Do not worry when evildoers go unpunished or be jealous when the wicked seem to prosper.” Proverbs 24:19 (VOICE) Tree after tree came down on the empty lot. I ran past those big, beautiful trees everyday for almost a decade, never knowing one day that building our new house […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 148: Always in the water. “For a good man may fall seven times and get back up again…” Proverbs 24:16 Living by the lake is refreshing, and getting out on the water in a boat is rejuvenating. There’s something about traveling on top of the water, a feat that we cannot […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 147: Ashamed. “…wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future…”Proverbs 24:13-14 My dog’s saving grace is her puppy face. Those eyes look sad and sorry. Her ears are droopy and pouty. She is a pathetic apology lying on top of my feet, looking up […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 146: Whole. “Does not he who guards your life know it?” Proverbs 24:12 The day that we took our daughters into the Disney store in Chicago is one we will never forget. The big doors swung open, and we told them they each could pick one thing. In typical fashion, as opposite […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 144: Remembering. “Whoever schemes to carry out evil will be labeled a troublemaker.” Proverbs 24:8 (VOICE) Growing up, I was always getting in trouble for sticking things on my antique mirror, and cluttering it up with pictures and memories. So, when I passed it down to my daughter, I got her […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 143: Sensitivity. “Wise conversation is way over the head of fools; in a serious discussion they haven’t a clue.” Proverbs 24:7 (MSG) One of my favorite sermons illustrates the delicacy of an orchid, and I couldn’t help but grab one when they were on sale. I did everything that I laughed […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 142: Emptiness. “The wise are mightier than the strong.” Proverbs 24:5 We thought we would never be able to drag them out of it. The log cabin playhouse stole a piece of my husband’s pristine lawn in the hopes of years of treasured memories of playtime. We waited for it to […]
May #jammed: Growing Grace. Day 141: Outdated. “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.” Proverbs 24:3-4 There’s a balloon lady that sits on a shelf in my house, but it’s not the first shelf, or home, she’s been placed in. Passed down through […]
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