Tag: Faith
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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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Return for Gratitude
In the dark, I heard my youngest cry out. Normally a good sleeper, his cries startled me, and when I went into his room his breathing was irregular, raspy and labored. Crossing the house with my little one in tow, I brought him to my husband and for a long while we listened to the…
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Meeting with Him
Written by Eileen Lopez When it comes to places, the Lord can meet with us anywhere and at any time. God is not limited, nor do certain requirements have to be met for Him to speak to us. A church building for example is a great place to encounter the Lord. What is so good…
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Hospitalidad Sencilla/Simple Hospitality
Written and translated by Eileen Lopez Hospitalidad Sencilla “Tu hermano viene hoy a quedarse con nosotros… ¿En unas horas? ¿Por qué no me lo dijiste antes?” Así comenzó el acalorado desacuerdo. Mi marido y yo solo llevábamos unos pocos meses casados, y mis inseguridades, mucho mayores de lo que yo sabía, se desbordaron en ira. …
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A Leap of Faith
By Jaci Newell One of my favorite developmental milestones to witness as a mama has been watching my children learn to walk. Seeing their tiny bodies progress from involuntary newborn movements to rolling and reaching, inchworming and crawling, pulling up to stand and cruising along furniture—all of it building the strength needed for that first…
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Seasons
Written by Eileen Lopez It looks pretty dead to the casual observer, but is it really dead? It is winter in my part of the world right now. The days are cold, and the nights are often colder. Recently we had several days of freezing temperatures that had a negative effect on many of the…
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Good Gifts
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. James 1:16-18 Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright…
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Multiplied
In our situations, Jesus is more than able to multiply, too. He doesn’t need us to force our situations to “work out”. We don’t need to make our day planners leaner or schedules stretch further, we simply need to trust God to multiply what only He can.
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Getting Older, Growing Renewed
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. 17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which…
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Light Up Toys and Surviving on Milk
It is remarkable the toys that entertain our littles every day. At my house. our youngest can be kept occupied with a small wooden farm for enormous amounts of time. She is happy with this simple toy until she discovers how much more fun she could have tearing up our collection of children’s books. Or…
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