From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Thankful

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June 28, 2010

A few days ago my sweet little sister/friend Lysa Terkeurst, offered an opportunity on her web/blog to express THANKFULNESS. I need that now and then. A reminder to think on the things that are good. Other times, they just surround me. Today, I woke up and all I feel is THANKFUL. Thankful that a precious [...]

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Fresh Word Friday

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June 25, 2010

“Ludicrous” That’s my word for today. I have been reading the story of Joseph in the Bible and have just completed today’s reading. As I tried to capture a word for some of the things we see happen on these pages of scripture, this is the word that popped into my head. Ludicrous: Absurdly Ridiculous [...]

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What goes up will come down, What goes in will come out……

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June 24, 2010

I have been kicking my prayers up a whole bunch of notches over the past few days on behalf of a family member who is precious and priceless to me. At the same time, I have been working on some stuff inside my own heart. Some stuff that is really not pretty. Funny how we [...]

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The Overflow of the Mouth–Not always pretty.

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June 22, 2010

I want to ask you..have you ever heard a word that invokes more YUK response than VOMIT—ewww… I recently had a speaking engagement in Tucson, Az. After eating at a beautiful, and I thought delicious, Mexican restaurant, I spent the next 2 days between the (not so) porcelain throne and the NASTY hotel floor. I [...]

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Has your Dream been Stripped away?

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June 21, 2010

10 days between posts does NOT a blogger make…..Life is just so freaky fast isn’t it? I have been pressing towards my FOCUS quest shared about HERE. Working to be certain that my days are in some sort of order and attempting to apply a tiny bit of a higher level of discipline. Summer is [...]

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Some really YUMMY Math-Dedicated to Jacob!

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June 11, 2010

This post is dedicated to my Birthday Boy Grandson Jacob! Chocolate Math 1) Pick the number of times a week you would like to have Chocolate….(Hello!!! How do you write BaTrillion?) 2) Multiply this number by 2 3) Add 5 4) Mulitply that number by 50 5) If you have already had your birthday this [...]

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Writing the Right

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June 10, 2010

Something is not right. I woke up this morning with a sense of heaviness. It was not “out of the blue’. I have sensed it coming for a while. I have learned to recognize a lack of peace in my life–a sense of something missing, something broken. I have seen this before and I KNOW my [...]

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Poor enough to admit it!

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June 9, 2010

As you can see above, today is June 9, 2010. It is my 26th Spiritual Birthday. 26 years ago, at a church ladies retreat, I RAN to the alter when the invitation was offered to SURRENDER my life to Christ. The LONG STORY is here if you have a little extra Summer time for reading. [...]

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How Old is “old”???

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June 7, 2010

We have lots of family birthdays during the Summer–June, July and August require special budgeting in the Layton household for many reasons. This weekend was the first celebration of birth and life, of many to follow over the coming season. Our beautiful granddaughter Bella Grace turned 2 years old and I think really “GOT IT” [...]

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How Long Should I Wait Before I Obey God??

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June 2, 2010

I love to read and always have a stack of books next to my bed that contains a mix of Fiction and Non-Fiction but I can say without question, that my FAVORITE book is the Bible. No kidding!! The Bible is full of personal family stories, character studies, history, adventure, love and hate, life and [...]

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