Tag: sacrifice
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Feast or Famine… Or Fast?
I’m afraid most of us tend to feel deprived when we fast, abandoned when we go through “famine,” and guilty when we feast (or rest). Why is that?
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Parenting: Locking Children In Towers
You know, I love my children a lot more than I love my indoor cat. Sometimes I wish I could keep my kids inside too. Why can’t I lock them up like Rapunzel in her tower? It would keep them safe from a lot of dangers, after all.
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Worth The Trip
Recently my 11-year-old son and I went to the Nashville Symphony. It was a wonderful night! There was one moment though when I almost ruined the whole evening.
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The Undiscovered Country
Sometimes change is painful. We may get so miserable in our current state that we take a step or two toward change. But then we feel that resistance. We feel those uncomfortable feelings of unfamiliar territory. And so we retreat. We “change back.”
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Internet Hiatus
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that, as useful as the internet can be, too much screen time is a problem. We all know it. But it’s a hard habit to break.
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Fear Of Fire
When I was a girl, maybe 6 or 7 years old, the house behind ours caught fire in the middle of the night. Our whole family got out of bed and watched it from our sliding glass door. We knew the neighbors were safe, but I still cried because I was afraid the fire would…
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How God Plays Favorites
One of the most moving poems you’ll ever read is “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson. It memorializes the bravery of six hundred English soldiers who, because of poorly communicated orders, went up against a horde of Russians with no hope of victory at the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War in 1854.
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Women Can Be Jerks Too
What we women in modern times have done through feminism is sort of collectively rage against all of the mistreatment of women throughout history. And even if our husbands are basically good fellas and have never laid a violent hand on us, we have now been empowered by the cultural trend to lash out over…
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What I’ve Learned About God By Being A Parent
The Lord your God in your midst,The Mighty One, will save;He will rejoice over you with gladness,He will quiet you with His love,He will rejoice over you with singing.Zephaniah 3:17 We have two daughters getting married this spring. At this point, it’s one wedding down and one to go. When my children were small, I…