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2025-10-20T06:44:28-05:00

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Care Giving: Sacrificing for Another’s Comfort

Last updated on: October 20, 2025 at 6:44 am By Michele Howe

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Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Psalm 54:4 Some years ago, I answered the phone only to hear my almost always emotionally level friend, (a trait I was somewhat envious of through the years…) dissolving in tears at the other end of the telephone line. Picture this scenario. My single mom friend with her three teens is asked by her elderly parents to sell her home, help them (the elderly parents)... Read more

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2025-10-13T09:15:07-05:00

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The Beautiful Intersection Of Talents And Workplace

Last updated on: October 13, 2025 at 9:15 am By Michele Howe

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“It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.” Psalm 18: 32 It’s been said that up to 80% of working men and women hate their jobs. I believe it. From where I sit, this statistic is one of the saddest commentaries in life. To think that the setting where most people spend the bulk of their hours and days is a place they despise is, well, unthinkable. But oh so common. Reflecting back... Read more

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2025-10-06T09:16:42-05:00

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Failure: It’s Not About Success

Last updated on: October 6, 2025 at 9:16 am By Michele Howe

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I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 Earlier this week I saw my dentist and during the examination he pressed his thumb into the side of my neck. Hard. Feel that? Ahhh…yes. That’s the “little ball of hate” and you have to work at diffusing it. He continued, “every day work your hands over this nerve and try to knead out this area and your jaw will feel... Read more

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2025-09-29T11:03:19-05:00

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The Importance Of Trusting God Alone

Last updated on: September 29, 2025 at 11:03 am By Michele Howe

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Teach me knowledge and good judgment. Psalm 119:66 Some years back I experienced one of those, “I never saw it coming scenarios,” when I felt betrayed (and played) by someone pretending to be my friend. Looking back, I should have seen it coming but I wanted to believe that this person would never do to me what I’d observed her doing to others. As naïve as it sounds, I honestly thought that if I was straightforward, honest, and... Read more

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2025-09-22T10:06:09-05:00

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Sacrifice Echoes Into Eternity

Last updated on: September 22, 2025 at 10:06 am By Michele Howe

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The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit. Psalm 34: 18 Ours is not a culture that is comfortable with sadness. Sadness is awkward. It is unsettling. It ebbs and flows and takes its own shape. It beckons to be shared. It comes out in tears, and we don’t quite know what to do with those. Nancy Guthrie It was in the early spring when my daughter started training... Read more

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2025-09-15T14:57:14-05:00

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God Alone Is The Only Disappointment Free Relationship

Last updated on: September 15, 2025 at 2:57 pm By Michele Howe

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In God they trusted and were not disappointed. Psalm 22:5 Sitting in a swivel chair completely covered by a gown, I sat with my eyes shut tight (but my ears wide open) as my lifelong friend (and almost as lifelong hair stylist) shared with me the tricks of her trade. I had come into her salon with a weary heart and she knew it. We bounced around topics faster than she was putting color on my hair... Read more

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2025-09-08T10:47:59-05:00

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Regrets Can Be Positively Transforming

Last updated on: September 8, 2025 at 10:47 am By Michele Howe

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When you (God) open your hand, they are satisfied with good things Psalm 104: 28 I should have listened to him. Him being my husband. It felt like an ah-hah moment that arrived a little too late for much damage control to take place. And yet, isn’t our God the one who promises to restore the years the locusts have eaten? He sure is and I’m sure my family is thankful for that promise. Many years ago, I... Read more

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2025-09-01T06:44:26-05:00

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Learning Contentment Even In Times Of Loss

Last updated on: September 1, 2025 at 6:44 am By Michele Howe

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Let us come before him with thanksgiving. Psalm 95: 10 Many years I recall opening my mouth wide and staring at the ceiling in my dentist’s office while enduring more dental work than I ever dreamed possible. All because of a kernel of popcorn gone awry that I inadvertently crunched down hard on some twenty-five years ago. That little decision to munch on those burnt kernels cost me. Over and over and over again. The story goes like... Read more

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2025-08-25T10:09:12-05:00

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Come Close To God For Enduring Hope

Last updated on: August 25, 2025 at 10:09 am By Michele Howe

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The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him. The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him. Lamentations 3: 24-25 My friend’s daughter was extremely sick. Sick as in whatever mystery illness that was plaguing her was starting to shut down her organs. For years, my good friend and her teenage daughter searched for a medical answer to this frighteningly debilitating condition. Doctor after doctor, specialist after... Read more

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2025-08-17T18:07:56-05:00

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Friends Hold Each Other Up

Last updated on: August 17, 2025 at 6:07 pm By Michele Howe

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You God stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn. Psalm 18: 35-35 God never wastes pain. He always uses it to accomplish His purpose. Jerry Bridges There’s something about being in physical pain that makes me wary of taking on new projects, tiring volunteer opportunities, even fun leisure activities. I know this to be true. For years, I’ve been in almost constant pain and though... Read more

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