Memories can turn bittersweet in a second. I can be happily following the rabbit trail of my thoughts, hopping between afternoon plans and pleasant reminiscing when WHAM! It’s like a hole suddenly opened up beneath
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In All Things
I may have bitten off more than I can chew and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. While I believe the abundance of my favorite season’s harvest means more than picking apples in North Carolina, baking
Read moreThankful No Matter What
Driving home from a yummy Thanksgiving dinner with family, we turn down the road to our home when, SMASH, we get rear-ended by a truck and trailer. A total of seven people from both vehicles
Read moreI Am Not Enough, But I’m Thankful for the One Who Is
I am not enough To undo my mistakes, to answer my own prayers To make myself compassionate when I simply don’t care. To give joyfully each time to love those I don’t like, To succeed
Read moreWhat Do I Have to Be Thankful For?
November is when we take time to share what we’re thankful for. Many of my friends post on Facebook or send an email every day this month, listing all the wonderful things they’re grateful for: long
Read moreAn Open Thank You Letter to John Piper
(Two times in my life, God has used the words of founder of Desiring God Ministries, John Piper, in a monumental way. I am so thankful for men and women of God who obey God’s
Read moreLearning to be thankful: Finding my best friend
Some people find their best friend in elementary, middle, or high school. I found mine on my birth day. Literally… the day I was born. Her name is Joanie Beaver and at 1:26 PM on
Read moreThankful for a broken hip?
Thankful for a broken hip? You’ve got to be kidding, right? That’s what I thought three years ago as I sat in an emergency room, four states away from my home, the Saturday after Thanksgiving
Read moreFor Your Service, Thank You
I recently took a trip to the VA hospital with my dad, a man who served his country for twenty-three years of his life and sixteen years of mine. At the hospital I saw a lot
Read moreWhat Do You Have to Be Thankful For? A Lot More
It’s easy to remember to thank God for salvation and family and food and lodging and jobs and money and church and health and warmth and friends. But what then?
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