faithpondering: a conversation about faith, life, and tea.
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Set on Repeat
Do you ever wake up and just lay in bed running over and over in your mind the challenges that you’re going to face that day? You get more and more anxious as you keep playing them out in numerous different ways. Maybe you’re thinking about the ones that you faced the day before or…
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Wonder Woman
I’ve always been both intimidated and fascinated with the ‘Proverbs 31 woman.’ She seems so perfect; so perfect that I think the title Wonder Woman is more fitting! Once in a while, I’ll compare my life, my days, my accomplishments, etc to hers and I always reach the same conclusion. She’s got it goin’ on…
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It’s mine, and I want it!
When my kids were toddlers my husband lovingly and skillfully made them a large toy boxo. I remember times they would grab specific toys and wouldn’t want to let go. Their little hands would turn from pink to white as they held on tightly and cried if someone tried to take it. At times they…
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I realized I’m a total control freak!
I never viewed myself as a very controlling person. I usually let others take the reins and just settle in my nice comfortable seat of following. Lately though, God has been revealing something to me…that I am a total control freak! I mean, not controlling of others, but of myself. Throughout my life I thought…
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The bigger picture
I have spent the last 8 and a half years teaching music in the public school setting. My last gig, which ended in December due to relocating, was teaching chorus to a bunch of very talented sixth graders. While teaching, I’d often found myself in situations where I’d tell my students, “Just trust me.” For…
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Spiritual Coffee
January 8 The best part of waking up ….. I’ll bet everyone can finish that phrase. I know it by heart; some of us probably get up humming it in the morning as we smell the coffee brewing or take that first sip. Folgers came up with a great jingle, didn’t they? We do love…
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Gifts in Disguise
There are so many times that I wonder why God hasn’t answered my prayers the way I would’ve liked Him to or as quickly as I thought He should. Too often I think I know what’s best for my life and what I need, but I’m not the one who can see the whole picture.…
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Who’s batting for you?
Why is it that I only show true reliance on Jesus when I’m going through rocky times? I’ve been working on processing an answer to this difficult and disturbing question for the last few days. A few months back, I experienced a personal tragedy in my life that sent me running (really, beelining) to the Lord for…
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Peace in the New Year
January 4 We all want peace, don’t we? I mean, really, all the beauty pageant finalists answer their questions with the desire for ‘world peace’. (That always cracks me up – it’s such a safe answer.) But really, our homes, our community, our state, our country, our world would be a much better place to…
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