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Recently my husband and I got the gift of a lifetime… …ONE whole weekend without our kids. For some of you that may not sound like much, but for us, it was a miracle. We have no family who live close in our area, so these types of weekends are few and far between. As
I’m sharing with you my friend’s story… {The names have been changed for for privacy purposes} On Sunday Kelly was in her husband’s office at the church that he pastors. She stopped in briefly to talk with him and the phone rang. Understand, it was Sunday morning, offices were closed and she typically does not
“Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” Wess Stafford From YouTube footage of a teen being whipped with a belt for ‘discipline’ — to famous coaches sexually molesting numerous children over a number of years, the reality of child abuse has reared its ugly head over the last several weeks. I have taken a
In the past when I thought of the word division or divisive it rubbed me wrong. There is a certain harshness to the thought that people, once united, would decide to divide or head separate ways. I don’t picture a clean break, but one that leaves jagged edges and hard hearts. Recently, there have been
”Find something you are passionate about, and keep tremendously interested in it.” – Julia Child What are you passionate about? What makes you sigh with contentment even just a little bit? What makes you smile? Our lives are busy. Lately, my life has been busy, really busy. So busy that you know what? I have
Today’s Daily KIP REALLY got my mind racing about areas in my life where I rationalize. One way that I would describe rationalizing is excuses I make to justify WHY I’m making a decision or WHY I’ve done something that I had ALREADY decided and spoken that I was NOT going to do. Let me
It’s 2:14am and I’m up. NOT because I want to be, but because I couldn’t fall BACK to sleep after my son slapped me in the face with his hand. Here’s the deal. When we got home from our St. Patrick’s Day evening fun with our friends at 9:00pm on a school night, my youngest
Daily KIP: LOVE is a choice. “It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia EmailShareShareStumbleUponPrintRedditDigg
Daily KIP: Compassion vs. Enabling ~ sometimes there’s a thin line between the two. How do we determine? Consider asking yourself a couple of questions….What are my motives? Am I resentful for what I’m doing? If so, is it a really loving choice? Am I trying to interfere with the natural consequences? Am I doing