In a couple of months, I will celebrate 25 years of marriage with my husband. I love him more today than yesterday. It’s true. It hasn’t been easy. And at times it’s been a real struggle. And while the struggle is real, so is God. We decided to take a short trip to Maine a…
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Register for Choices Conference – Unexpected at Eventbrite Space is limited – get your tickets today! Please join us for our annual, non-denominational, women’s ministry conference Choices Conference 2019 – Unexpected! Choices Conference will be a 2-part conference on Friday night and Saturday morning. Our Guest Speakers are Tecia Farmer Janes, Trudy Cathy White…
DetailsThere are so many wonderful stories of amazing people in the Bible. I always want to have Mary’s adoration with Martha’s work ethic, Daniel’s faith and David’s zealous love for the Lord. Unfortunately, often times, I just seem to be Jonah. Remember him? The prophet who runs from God’s commandment to go to Nineveh and…
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What do you do when the things that you thought you would have achieved haven’t come to pass? Maybe you had big dreams; a burning desire to fulfill a lifetime goal, or maybe you’re at the point where you’re saying “there has to be more to life than work, kids, cooking dinner, washing dishes, and…
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Have you ever wondered what the apostle Paul means when he writes in the Bible that Christ has set us free? “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 If you are a believer, you know and understand that Jesus Christ…
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Have you been tooting your horn waiting for walls to fall down? To Gideon, Pascal, and Nelly, ex-slaves who lived during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, being given forty acres and a mule represented a life of freedom. The historical fiction novel, Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, by Harriette Gillem Robinet,…
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I have fallen in love with Pampered Chef items—mainly their cutlery, but anything Pampered Chef looks appealing to me. I got bogged down in their bakeware and cooking tools sections when looking through their catalogue for a flour sifter. I used the search bar and plugged in “flour sifter” and what came up was a…
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One of the main reasons I love sunsets is the fact that they put a beautiful closing on the day. No matter what has happened, expected and unexpected, it reminds me that God hasn’t changed. Expectations can be killers! We want to put our hope fully into things, but experience has taught us that we…
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I looked down at my hand and I saw it. I had felt it a few days before, but now I could clearly see it on the pinky finger of my right hand. The knuckle was slightly pink and appeared to be swollen and it was throbbing! I didn’t remember hitting it on anything, but…
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My parents have a cistern and in fact many of the homes across the Caribbean do too. In case you’re not familiar with the term, a cistern is a waterproof receptacle used for holding water and is usually the first step in building most homes in the islands. It differs from a well in that…
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