Category: Family
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Repairing Broken Relationships – Hebrews 12:12-15
Would you like broken relationships in your family to be restored? One way to see progress is by following the instructions outlined in Hebrews 12. I have been out of touch with some of my extended family for decades. Misunderstandings, indifference and hurts all played their part in dividing us, and since so many years…
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Longing for Home – Psalm 84
One of our foster daughters was Little Miss Sunshine. She bounced on her toes all day long with the joy of living, her curls dancing over her shoulders. But quieting down in her room at night, we’d hear her crying. I attempted to comfort and pray with her, but I couldn’t give her what she yearned…
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Keeping the Joy
My son and his wife and daughter from Florida are here this week, and we’re filling our days with all the touches of love that we can – from siblings, aunties and uncles, great-grandparents, and more. We’ve played Frisbee on the beach at Florence, popped in to see old friends from church, visited family in Portland, and sat…
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When our Heroes Showed Up
My husband rented a log splitting machine last Saturday hoping we could split our year’s supply of firewood in a day, but we were in over our heads. When I arrived Jerry was pushing against a segment of the tree that didn’t want to budge. It looked like a slice of sausage still attached by the skin, and he had to roll it back…
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Parenting Tip #2 – You Were Made for This
When the doubts come that you have what it takes to parent your child, you need more than a mentor to help you along the way. There are some things you need to firmly believe for yourself. You Were Made for Parenting God made you who you are. If he gave you the ability to…
