Category: Gems About Jesus
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Celebrating Success!
Hello, tender friends! We peered into the chicken coop. Cub shouted, “Hooray!” Anthony and I picked him up and twirled him around. “We did it!” I said to Anthony. I’ll never forget that family moment we had when we realized two of our chickens laid their first eggs! (Sorry about the pictures being so pixelated…it’s…
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How WeedING Helps Me Relax and Sleep Well
Hello, tender friends! Yes, weedING. You don’t need to smoke weed to get that special feeling, just stick your hands in the soil. Remember what it felt like, as a kid, to be the good kind of tired? Not the depleted caffeine crashrunningaroundonempty feeling of adulthood, but that blissful sleep you used to experience after…
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Answered Prayers at the County Fair
Hello, tender friends! Bumper cars. The Ferris Wheel. Fun house mirrors. Flashing lights. Funnel cake. Blooming onions. Okay, you know by now that there’s no way that we ate funnel cake or blooming onions, but the smell was nice. That’s one of those iconic fair savory smells, isn’t it? We’ve taken Cub to the local…
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The Day I Lost My Fear of Demons
Hello, tender friends! It turns out that Anthony could not take the day off of work today for our day trip, so here we are. Even though I’m pretty far out in my healing, this is hard to think about. My arms and chest feel jittery, like electricity is going through them. But I believe…
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The Beautiful Oblivion of God’s Love
Hello, tender friends! Yes, that volunteer T-shirt is huge. But this week has been a blast and a blessing. The theme for VBS, wrapping up tomorrow, is Twists & Turns. “Want to put my tender heart in a blender/ Watch it spin around to a beautiful oblivion” Eve 6 came out with those lyrics to…
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3 Blessings Discovered Through Decluttering
Hello, tender friends! Ahh, a steaming cup of tea in a decluttered living room. This is one of my great life’s pleasures. The wood floors seem shinier these days and my head feels clearer as I’ve gotten in touch with what brings me joy. This decluttering is a process. A marathon and not a sprint.…
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Spiritual Minimalism
Hello tender friends! My bags of donation items has got me feeling lighter. And getting rid of physical clutter has got me thinking about spiritual clutter. I’m going to be matter-of-fact: While I initially struggled with adapting to motherhood, it’s a relief now. Because you know what? Motherhood has left me less time to think…
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The Prayer That Scares
Hello, tender friends! Let’s talk sleep as a parent. 3 AM prayer life has become the norm for me since Cub was born. After spending way too long feeling bitter about having a kid who doesn’t sleep through the night, I embraced praying until I got back to sleep. During this time, God has recently…
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There’s The Man God Chose
There’s my territory. Shakira lyrics defined much of my college experience and the years I lived abroad after undergrad. But I’ve had to adapt this one, because I didn’t choose Anthony, not at first. God did. As omniscient master and creator of the universe, the great I AM is always ahead of the game, isn’t…
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Jehovah Jireh Does it Again (and Again and Again)
Oh tender friends! I almost feel guilty writing this post. Because we’re so undeserving, and yet… God has provided for us again, and the sentence “There are no lesser miracles” has been on my mind and in my spirit. (This isn’t an actual phrase from the bible, just something I have been thinking about). When…
tea and tenderness 