Inspiration of Time and Trees

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It was about 73 degrees outside; sunny with just a whisper of a breeze blowing the whisps of blonde hair across my face that had come loose from my ponytail.  I had pulled it up in a hurry to get outside to watch my daughters play.  My babies, ages 9 and 5, were running back and forth from the horse trough showing me the tadpoles they had caught at the pond with their dad.  Time blew through the trees in my yard…time and trees.

Their happy squeals echoed through the trees as they played and had their little girl tiffs over who owned the biggest tadpole.  Off in the pasture, I heard the little cottonwood tree flutter its leaves in the wind as if all of creation celebrated the glory of God in the beauty of the day.

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Inspiration of Faith and Friends…

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When I started this post about the inspiration of Faith and Friends, I intended to go a different direction with it but it wasn’t coming together. I stopped, saved it, and spent some time praying about it. Then God directed it the way it should go. (Psalm 3:6)

Laughter, Perfection, Sunshine, Peace, and Fairy Dust are my “no matter what” friends.

No matter what I do or say or what they do or say, we will always be friends. There is nothing that will make us stop loving each other. I won’t use their names but they will recognize themselves. These ladies have been my “Jesus with skin on” throughout my life.

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How to Know When God Says to Let Go

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Inspirations from my Border Collie – When God Says to Let Go…

How do you know when God is saying to let go?  I learned a lesson about this from my Border Collie.

There are some things in life that are acquired tastes.  Foods like onions, coffee, wine, beer and dare I even mention sardines (yuk!) with strong flavors or bold features that make them unappealing to some people.  My husband loves sardines with cheese and crackers. (more…)

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How to Save Yourself From Your Words

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Our words can be so destructive.  We can hurt ourselves by self talk.  How can we save ourselves from our words?

The importance of blessing in the Bible and the power of our words is something I’ve learned as I’ve grown older. A pastor loaned me a book recently called The Miracle and Power of Blessing by Maurice Berquist.  It is about Psalm 103.

Psalm 103:1-3 (NLT)

Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    may I never forget the good things he does for me.
He forgives all my sins
    and heals all my diseases.

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