Category: Grace and Mothering
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Knowing Our Father
By Jaci Newell “I can’t do it, I’m scared!” my three-year-old mumbled through tears as he stood on the edge of the pool, staring at his dad who was waiting to catch him. “You’ve got this, buddy. Jump in—I’ll be here to catch you,” my husband encouraged. My son took one deep breath and committed…
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Sacrificial Love
By Jaci Newell “Beep. Beep. Beep.” The steady rhythm of the machines filled the quiet NICU room as I embraced her tiny hand wrapped around my finger. The sounds had become strangely familiar—monitors tracking every heartbeat, every breath, every small sign that her fragile little body was fighting to grow stronger. After a traumatic birth,…
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Spilled Coffee; Best Intentions.
You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in…
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Grace for the Mundane and the Fantastic- Grace Applied.
Understanding the Grace of God means that you constantly take the interruptions in your life as an opportunity to emulate (in a very small way) the Grace of God. That means you meet each skinned knee, each broken toy, each blowup or blowout with the realization that you are representing Jesus Christ to your little…
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Grace for the Mundane and the Fantastic
The Grace of the Gospel is that God, in his great mercy, loved me and provided a way for me to be forgiven of my sins.
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