Category Archives: nurturing my spirit

the community you need as a woman {part one}

Oh, yes.  We all know the quote well and most likely have referred to it sometime in our lives. “No man is an island.”   When and how this quote originated isn’t important as much as the significance.  Deep in our souls we believe fully of the need for friendships, for connection. I’m convinced that...

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what I love today :: a note to a reader

  dear reader… you wrote in after I spilled words yesterday.  words of life I called it and rehearsed them all day long. I’m nervous…leaf-shaking, heart-trembling kind about the gains in my life, tremendous opportunities.  how He’s moving and leading and am I really prepared? but you?  sweet sister…you wrote to me of the loss in...

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words of life

  {source}   Words that bring life today… His word always does. I’m choosing to live in the reality of TRUTH as described in Joshua 1:9 — do not be terrified, be strong and courageous!  I say yes and amen to words of life. If your knee-knocking, heart-racing, not-sure-about-what’s ahead-thinking like I am today, here’s...

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a call for steady trust

Often the longer the journey, the less my TRUST. In the beginning, I listen to God’s voice :: I hear and celebrate callings, direction — vision. Then the road bends and the Voice wanes and I start to wonder… I lack TRUST in those days. Did He really say this?  Will it come to pass?...

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finding joy in old things

So today she encourages to record  3 old things seen new… and I’m not sure they are things.  Yet this practice of seeing grace, naming grace is a habit I never want to leave behind.  Life’s lens is forever altered as what was easily missed before is seen in new light. The light of GRACE....

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taking time for quiet :: a daily pause for moms

Alright, I know what you’re thinking.  Maybe you’re even laughing.  Listen to the…quiet? And you’re wondering just where this post is going.  We could probably agree that a daily spa moment of sorts is helpful to our well-being.  But just how to make this happen may seem a mystery. So, hear me out and offer your...

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welcoming the new year

“Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.” (NASB) “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history. Be...

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adoration

The days are passing, Christmas is coming… our focus on preparations, celebrations, expectations. Today, I encourage myself to remember in all this — for there’s much excitement in the air! — to see Christ. To worship and adore Him. Come, all ye faithful.  Come, let us worship the King!   {I offer light-hearted thoughts these...

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