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We hold these truths
Lauren on the trampoline As Lauren and I were playing on the trampoline this morning, she jumped over to me and said, “Mommy, I have a question I want to ask you.” “What’s your question sweetie?”...
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Love notes
Most mornings, I spread peanut butter and jelly on slices of bread while my family eats breakfast. Like many parents, I have picky eaters, so I pack my son a lunch most days of the week to ensure he is...
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Keeping the light on
Scripture crumb from Leviticus 24:1-4 The Lord spoke to Moses: “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually. Aaron is...
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All-inclusive equal opportunity
Scripture crumbs from John 3:16-18 For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send...
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Underestimated
Scripture Crumbs from John 4:1-42. Read the full account of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman. Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men, “Come, see a man who told me...
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Taking off the training wheels
Pulling his bike out of the garage, Jackson did a couple of laps on the sidewalk and then came over to talk. I caught a glimpse of how scuffed up his training wheels were, so I asked him if he was...
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Marked as Mine
When Jackson first whizzed his new Buzz Lightyear around the living room to infinity and beyond, he quickly went for a Sharpie to carefully write his name on the bottom of Buzz’s space boot. This was...
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Jesus is anointed
Day 3 of 2 Weeks 2 the Cross: John 11:1-8 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was...
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Jesus serves His disciples
Day 4 of 2 Weeks 2 the Cross: John 13:1-20 Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved...
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Empty
Our favorite syrup is finished. We ran out of syrup. Many months ago, I noticed our favorite pancake syrup was on sale at our local grocery store. Upon closer look, I discovered that our syrup was no...
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Favorite place
Lauren squints outside her favorite place in the world. Lauren asks to go there at least once a day. It’s her second home. Most days, her daddy is there. She often sees her friends there. It’s where...
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God is not a risk-taker
Risk puts us on the line. As much as we plan and evaluate, there is an unknown factor in every decision we make. My husband and I dealt with the fear of risk this week, as we tried to determine what...
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Sure
Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will run away because of Me, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. But after I have been resurrected,...
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Jesus commands me to love (Day 3 of 2 Weeks 2 the Cross)
LOVE Hopscotch Jesus turned a trick question into a lesson of love. After Jesus cleared the Temple, the religious leaders were more determined than ever to get rid of Him. So, during the week leading...
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Jesus shows me how to serve (Day 4 of 2 Weeks 2 the Cross)
Washing each other’s feet Jesus rubbed the dirt off each of his disciples feet, and wiped them off with a towel wrapped around His waist. The King of Kings chose to be the servant of all. Day 4...
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Jesus loves me even when I sin (Day 9 of 2 Weeks 2 the Cross)
Jesus wants to heal our hearts when we sin. Peter was scared. But, he also had to know what was happening to Jesus. So he tried to blend in outside the house where Jesus was taken after his arrest....
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Am I really speaking the truth in love?
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ - Ephesians 4:15 Most of the time when we think we are “speaking the truth in love,” we...
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Taking the time out
Jackson sits in time out “Mom, can I be in time out for her? Like what we talked about last night?” During our bedtime devotions yesterday, we learned about Simon of Cyrene and how he carried the...
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Hand in hand
Lauren and I walk hand in hand. Turning to come back down the lane, the phone I was using to track my walk buzzed. I could roughly see the outline of my husband and daughter in the distance, and I knew...
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We are personal to God
Faith and feelings don’t always line up. A heart can be bursting in praise to God on Sunday morning, and just hours later succumb to discouragement and doubt. We can be reminded in song that never once...
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