From the monthly archives:

December 2008

Life is Beautiful–Giveaway Day!!!

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December 31, 2008

Today is the last day of one of the most wonderful years of my life.  2008 has been so filled with blessings that I spent my entire prayer time this morning recording them in my journal and thanking God for another year of living in His love. My final entries in this particular journal also [...]

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A Year Long Giveaway

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December 30, 2008

As Beth Moore would say, “I kid you not”. I actually woke up humming that song. “Sunrise Sunset”!!! (Beth’s voice is on my mind as well since I just started the Esther study this week) Pray for me, that today will bring a New Song. I am flat tired of that one. It is kind of depressing [...]

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Sunrise….Sunset….Sunrise…..Sunset…..

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December 29, 2008

I am sitting in my prayer chair enjoying the final twinkles of my Christmas tree lights. They MIGHT make it until New Years Day if they are lucky. I tend to be one who is just as ready to get all this STUFF put away as I was to bring it all out of the [...]

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Holy Week

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December 22, 2008

I wanted to my last Advent Post to be something that would capture what is going on in my heart as I consider this precious week.  After spending time in my “Prayer Chair” this morning the Lord asked me to share with you, a bit of what He shared with me. I write in a [...]

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Sounds of the Season

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December 19, 2008

I am about 1 hour from lighting about 50 candles, slipping some appetizers into the oven and opening my front  door to the wonderful staff of A Woman’s Place/Life Impact Network.  My home is ready to receive her guests and so am I. We have TONS of good food, fresh flowers and twinkling lights. As [...]

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Pausing to Ponder

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December 18, 2008

I have always loved the words in Luke 2:19 (NIV) that say: “Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart” The word “ponder” means to consider something deeply and thoroughly; to meditate; to weigh carefully; to consider thoughtfully.   Pondering takes being still instead of rushing. Pondering calls for silence not [...]

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The Job that no one Wants!

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December 17, 2008

We have been in the process in our ministry “A Woman’s Place” : Life Impact Network of reviewing and rewriting job descriptions. We are an organization whose daily life is surrounded by unplanned, unwanted pregnancies. Our sole purpose is to promote the value of every human life. So far this year we know of 175 babies and their mothers who were [...]

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Advent—Week 3

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December 15, 2008

Yesterday was the first day of the third week of Advent. I have so many things on my heart as I meditate on God’s Word and press in to experience His Birth in a fresh new way this Christmas Yesterday we visited our middle son’s church to hear our 4 year old “G-Girl” sing in [...]

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On the 12th Day of Christmas My True Love Said to Me….

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December 13, 2008

“Honey we went and got a tree!” (Lalala goes here) I don’t know about your marriage, but in my marriage, after 32 years, we have learned about give and take.One of the things that I have learned about my honey is that he HATES the process of buying and putting up Christmas trees. We do [...]

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Garlands Galore!!

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December 11, 2008

This is a message from the “Sweet Tea” Emergency Blogging System!!! I have stopped in the middle of my decorating progress to join the “Holiday Garland Show and Tell” sponsored by The Nesting Place. I spent several hours last night wandering around blogland and enjoying all of your beautiful creations. What a talented bunch of bloggers [...]

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On the 10th Day of Christmas, my true love said to me…..

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December 10, 2008

When do you want to get a tree????……(lalala goes here) A few days a go, our middle son sat on the couch in our Family Room and said” Mom, when did you become Martha Stewart?” My head spun his direction in an “exorcist” kind of move for two reasons. I thought that I had just [...]

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Advent—Week 2

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December 9, 2008

This morning, in my quiet time, I did something that I find very difficult and do not do nearly enough. I sat before the Lord with nothing to say (rather, saying nothing) and simply listened. It is not that I didn’t HAVE things to talk to God about. I actually have a BOATLOAD of prayer [...]

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Spitting Sweet Tea

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December 6, 2008

My G-Boys left last night. My house is very quiet this morning…..and very NEAT! We had such a fun time together. Unfortunately for him, my husband was out of town all week. We missed him but it was special for me to have them all to myself. We were on the move every day doing [...]

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Help! Help! Help!

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December 3, 2008

Blogger sisters, I need help. I need answers! I have the amazing privilege of having my two oldest grandsons with me for the week. They are home schooled and very talented and smart, if I must say so myself. Both of them love music and brought their musical instruments along to keep their practice up [...]

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Advent—Week 3

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December 1, 2008

Yesterday was the first day of the third week of Advent. I have so many things on my heart as I meditate on God’s Word and press in to experience His Birth in a fresh new way this Christmas Yesterday we visited our middle son’s church to hear our 4 year old “G-Girl” sing in [...]

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The Colors of Advent

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December 1, 2008

The refrigerator has been cleaned out of leftovers that have been pulled in and out of the fridge and microwaved 4 or 5 times over the past 4 days. All that was salvaged has been made into soup. Yesterday I gathered everything that is brown, yellow, gold or orange that decorated my home for the [...]

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