Blessings, Friends & Dating, God's Love, Marriage & Family, My Story, Victories
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October 2011
Challenges, God's Love, Hope, Inspiration, My Story, Quotables
Growing Bamboo Roots
I’ve been toying with a temptation lately, something that allures many of us in difficulty: the temptation to quit. The stress of what’s going on in my life feels far beyond what I can bear (not trying to dramatize, just wanna be transparent on this blog thingy 🙂 I think we all ...
Celebrations, Inspiration, Marriage & Family, My Story, Relationships
Autumn’s in Full Swing!
HAPPY AUTUMN! In honor of my favorite time of year….. I’m posting a fun photo of the homemade apple cider I made recently. [Pumpkin and flowers courtesy of my sweet, thoughtful husband!] Is this the most amazing season or what? I love it, and I think you should too 🙂 Ways my hubby ...
Beliefs, Devos, Forgiveness, Living Free, Marriage & Family, Quotables, Relationships, Wholeness
Settle It Today
A most excellent post–one of the best I’ve read in a long time (by author Regi Campbell). I want to implement this principle in my life: Always settle it today. I hope you will, too. xoxoxox, Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Challenges, Forgiveness, Friends & Dating, Living Free, Wholeness
The Best Revenge
It ain’t heavy if you don’t pick it up. It sneaks up on you. Fine one day, you find yourself changed a short time later. You may have heard the story of how to boil a frog: Put him in cool water and slowly heat it up. By the time the little guy’s aware how hot the ...
Beliefs, Devos, Forgiveness, God's Love, Hope, Living Free, My Story
Welcome Back, Life! The Freedom of Grace
Christians I think get it messy sometimes. I’m a big perpetrator of this. We think the whole ‘Dying to self’ thing means dying to our passions, whatever we love and find fun and enjoyable. But is that true? A quick review of Scripture seems to support this. Stop ...
Challenges, Faith & Prayer, Fear, Forgiveness, Living Free, My Story
Playing it (Too) Safe
Just turned twenty-eight. Wooohooo. Blow the kazoo, I’m one step closer to 30! From the get-go of this year, I sensed God saying that this was the year I’d face my fears. Uh oh. You see, I had this sudden twenty-eight-year-old epiphany. I’m not fully living. Why ...