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Three Ways to Help Those Who Grieve
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves received from God.” ~2Cor. 1:3-4. August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day.…
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The Back Story
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.~ Psalm 107:2 Learning To be Me Without You is a love story about a diagnosis, one last adventure, a crisis of faith that erupts on the threshold of death, and a transformed heart. It’s a story of God’s grace in the crucible of grief, and how…
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The Gift of Words
I will remember the deeds of the LORD;yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.~Psalm 77:11 I still haven’t figured out how to do Valentine’s Day. Thoughts of candlelight dinners, heart-shaped boxes, and romantic cards make me feel like I’m the one left standing in a game of musical chairs after the music…
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Resolutions Reimagined
He who began a good work in youwill carry it on to completionuntil the day of Christ Jesus.~Phil. 1:6 I’m a recovering type-A—that personality style fueled by accomplishment, achievement, and a jam-packed schedule which in some twisted way elevated my sense of worth and excused my failure to respect human limitations. Recovery began with my…
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More Than One Right Answer
Come, my people, enter your roomsand close your doors behind you;hide for a little whileuntil indignation runs its course.~Isaiah 26:20 NASB As a young mom I often prayed and sometimes begged for alone time. I may or may not have picked an occasional fight so others would go away when these didn’t seem to work.…
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The Feather
Write, therefore, what you have seen . . .Revelations 1:19a NIV We stuck a for-sale sign in our yard and headed for the beach in August 2015. This would be our last big adventure. Eighteen months after my husband, Ray, was diagnosed with a terminal lung disease we moved from Colorado to coastal North Carolina.…
Paula Freeman