For years I ignored this fascination that others have had with their ancestry, with their roots. I didn’t see the need or the use for it. At all. That is, until I got cataracts. I know that’s a strange leap, but these tiny little things on my eyes – too small to even remove yet…

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Over a decade ago I was involved in a women’s group through which I got to speak in front of large groups. I have a few real fears, but speaking in front of people is not one of them. So I greatly enjoyed those times, believing that this was my God-given skill and talent to…

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God is able to make ALL grace abound to you, so that with ALL sufficiency, in ALL things, at ALL times, you may abound in EVERY good work. ~2 Corinthians 9:8 {ESV} Giving to God can be a tricky concept. It certainly was for us. A few months after we stepped over the line of…

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There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours. ~Psalm 86:8 {ESV} God is a God of unique answers to prayer and meeting needs. Sometimes ordinary, sometimes extraordinary, sometimes without any human rationality. One of those unique answers is from the Old Testament, about an exchange that…

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