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December 9, 2014 joy•rest•trials

Keeping in step

I was out this past Saturday for my baby shower and my oldest daughter asked my husband what he planned to do that day. “I don’t have any plans really,” he said. “Mommy always has a plan,” she replied. She knows her mama well. I’m a task person. I make lists. I keep a detailed planner. I like thinking up projects around the house. Sometimes this is a benefit to my family, and sometimes it’s a strain. But God...
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November 25, 2014 anxiety•burdens•depression•hope•joy•neediness•satisfaction•trials•waiting

How I deal with depressing days

I have days when I’m just sad. Depression is just a part of the rhythm of my life. It comes and goes. Sometimes I can figure out the source (physical, situational) and others times I can’t. I feel sad or oppressed by life, weighed down. I get quiet and weepy. I feel extra needy and don’t know why. One blessing of having been very low in the past is that I know a few things: I know God will...

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November 18, 2014 anxiety•joy•worry

Pushing back the chaos

I am not a great pray-er. I am a desperate, scattered pray-er. I desperately need HIM because . . .I could think a thousand thoughts and feel a thousand feelings. But what is true?I could attempt many things.But what would please YOU?C.S. Lewis described the battle for our thoughts this way: “It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning...

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