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Tag Archives: Abundant Life
Living Your Best Life
Tuesday Living your best life. What does that mean? I think it probably means something different for all of us. One thing I know for sure is that God wants us to be happy. He doesn’t want us or like … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Choose Life, Living your best life, Truffles
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Remembering Granny
Today 5 years ago, Granny passed away. Today I’m remembering her. I’m thinking of how often I looked at her frailty and knew that this day was coming. Time dragged by in those days. She was slow and infirm and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Granny
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Being Easy to Live With
I don’t think I’m always so easy to live with but I do strive to be. Here are what I believe are to be the top ways to be easy to live with: Serve – Mike and I serve each … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Being easy to live with, happy marriage, Making marriage work
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Don’t Life in Fear – Live in Faith
I don’t know what the statistics are about the cause of death – how many people know in advance (dying due to terminal disease) and how many die unexpectedly. On Saturday night, wonderful, beautiful, faithful Dee Harris crossed into eternity … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, death
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If I’m Going To Live To 90….
….how it will it change how I live my life today? That’s a good question to ask! It’s exactly 453 months today that I will turn 90! How am I going to spend those 453 months? It took me out … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Faith in Christ, Having faith in Christ
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It’s a New Day
This morning I put shorts on and when I went out to put a large load of washing on the line, I noticed my chubby knees peeking out below my shorts. After wishing there was slightly ‘less of them’, I … Continue reading
Fear Has Many Faces
Last night as I snuggled down into bed, my eye caught something on the ceiling! An unwanted visitor… This spider was UGHHHH. I went right below it to get a better look and take a photo, and I cringed and … Continue reading
5 – A Day in My Life
Mike is home. His 6th last day at work is over. That leaves 5! The next 5 working days are going to fly by. When the days are full, time whizzes by so fast, it’s hard to keep up. This … Continue reading
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Tagged A Day in my life, Abundant Life, Creating a day worth living
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A Family At War – This Is What I Choose
11-36am It’s so tough when you see a family at war….bickering, arguing, jealousy, greed, conniving, deceit, betrayal all under one roof. It should not be. It’s hard for me to find an illustration, even in the Bible, which displays the kind … Continue reading
Three Tips to Having a Good Day!
3-57pm The days just flow together. Next thing you know, it’s the end of another week and we all sigh a huge sigh of relief and gladness as we put down our work tools and take up some rest time … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundant Life, Friends, Ladies Christian Home, Tips for having a good day
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