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Continue reading →: The Cost of Seeking Validation: What I Learned by Looking BackTwo years ago, I wrote a post during a deep season of physical and spiritual clutter. At the time, I was trying to process the despair of spending seven years tending to everyone else’s wounds while my own went completely unnoticed and unattended. I wrote about how clutter stems from…
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Continue reading →: When God Changes Your DirectionGood morning from Colorado! As I sit and think about this week’s 15 Minutes with God, I can’t help but smile. Who would have thought we would spend a week talking about a jawbone, a movie, a toy train, and the art of listening? Yet somehow, all of those things…
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Continue reading →: Wisdom Doesn’t Always Look Like WisdomGood morning from Colorado! By now, you may be wondering what a jawbone, a toy train, a movie, and listening have to do with 15 Minutes with God. Well, I’m discovering that God sometimes takes ordinary things and turns them into lessons we didn’t know we needed. This week has…
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Continue reading →: Are You Listening?Good morning from Colorado! When we hear the word “listening,” most of us probably think we know exactly what it means. We hear sounds, process words, and then respond. But over the years, I’ve learned that there is a difference between hearing someone and truly listening to them. Listening isn’t…
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Continue reading →: Anything Can Change a LifeGood morning from Colorado! Yesterday I talked about how God can use anything to accomplish His purpose. I mentioned Samson and that unusual instrument—the jawbone of a donkey—and how sometimes we can become so focused on the instrument that we miss what God may be showing us through it. Well,…
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Continue reading →: God Can Use AnythingGood morning from Colorado! Have you ever stopped to think about the unusual ways God can get our attention? We often expect God to speak through a Sunday morning sermon, a Scripture we happen to read, or a quiet moment of prayer. But what if God can use something we…
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Continue reading →: Healing Changes the DirectionGood morning from Colorado! This week we’ve spent some time talking about hurt, what gets handed down from one generation to another, and what happens when we finally recognize that some of the things we received don’t have to be passed along. I’ve shared pieces of my own journey because…
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Continue reading →: I Don’t Have to Pass It OnGood morning from Colorado! One of the things counseling taught me was that I didn’t have to pass on what I had experienced. For a long time, I thought being a parent meant knowing what to do because you were the parent. But I learned that sometimes we become parents…
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Continue reading →: Someone Interrupted the CycleGood morning from Colorado! As I think about what gets passed down from one generation to another, I have to admit that sometimes it takes someone outside of our family to help us recognize what we are carrying. We can become so accustomed to certain behaviors, ways of thinking, or…
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Continue reading →: What Was Handed Down to Us?Good morning from Colorado! One reason I love family history is that it gives me an opportunity to look beyond names, dates, and places. Sometimes, when I dig into the past, I find myself asking a different kind of question: What was handed down to us besides our last names?…
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