This day may be filled with the unexpected. Sometimes the unexpected can cause anxiety in us. We don’t have to be filled with anxiety. There is a way to quickly reduce anxiety. It has everything to do with Jesus and time. Jesus is waiting to take anxiety away from us. In fact He tells us …
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Imperfectly Me
Happy New Year! We’ve completed one week of 2018. I don’t know about you, but my first week of 2018 has been a full-on force of embracing who I am, imperfectly me.
Day 22: Jesus is Everything to Me
I’ve been sharing with you for three weeks now who Jesus is to me. I could keep going because I can think of so many more things He is to me. But I have the rest of my life to keep sharing with you who Jesus is to me and why. I have lots of …
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Day 21: Jesus is the Everlasting Gift
Most of us have traditions we carry on year after year. Yesterday I shared one of mine. I listen to Christmas music while I wrap gifts. Well, I have another tradition I continue year after year. I’m not sure when I began this tradition, but I know it’s been decades I’ve been buying myself a …
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Day 20: Jesus is Joy
The last two days have been filled with lots of Christmas preparations. It’s a fun time of year for me. I enjoy shopping for gifts, wrapping gifts, and giving gifts. Today, I spent a lot of time wrapping gifts for my family. As is my tradition, I listened to Christmas music while I wrapped. I …
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Day 19: Jesus is Heartbroken
Many times over the years I’ve prayed prayers that are risky prayers to pray. I’ve mentioned a few times, be careful what you pray for because you may just get it. One of those risky prayers I’ve been praying a lot this year and in particular this fall is: “Jesus, break my heart with what …
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Day 18: Jesus is The Best Teacher
Today I was remembering what a dear friend shared with me a few years ago. She shared how she wanted to be thin, so she started watching what thin people do and what they don’t do. Then she started following their ways of living. In a short while she started losing weight. A few months …
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Day 17: Jesus is Peace
As Christmas Day is getting closer, I found myself feeling frazzled tonight. I can’t point to just one thing that’s produced this frazzling. It was a collection of things that put me into a glib moment. And yes, this was a passing, shallow moment. Even though today was my last day of work at my …
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Day 16: Jesus is The Rock
One of the many fun things I like to do with children is sing. When my own children were little, we’d sing all kinds of songs. Now that I’m a grandma, I find myself singing songs again. Not too long ago as I was sitting playing with my one-year old grandson, after we played pat-a-cake, …
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Day 15: Jesus is the Granter of Blessings
Did you know the Bible is filled with blessings? Depending on the source you use, there are 7,000 to 8,000 blessings. Clearly our God loves to bless. Today, I want to spend some time reminding you of some of the wonderful blessings Jesus grants.