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Life and Inspiration category is our answer to the everyday dilemmas we all face and the wisdom we need to rise above the difficulties.
We know you get that every day of your life you make choices.
We’ve learned that the hard way sometimes, and sometimes, well, we get lucky and the stars align and courage swells and life is good.
We want to share all that with you. Our Life and Inspiration blog posts are to encourage ourselves as much as you. I sometimes go back and read what I’ve written and get all like, “Did I write that? Or did some blessed elf come by and write this for me while I wasn’t paying attention?”
Check out this category to read our reminiscing and pondering and sharing our hearts.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom… Matthew 16:19 So I walked into a shop to get my favorite lotion. Near the door, I saw a poster asking for someone to apply for a “keyholder” position. “Hmm,” I pondered as I shopped, “What is a keyholder?” A keyholder would surely be an…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap – Number 111! Happenings in our shop(s) and on the blog. Plus inspiring words for your weekend. If you’ve ever worked in retail or at a magazine, you know that we kind of live life 2 or 3 months ahead. That is, as far as products and planning for consumers…
Sticky words can be random and annoying and quality-of-life-threatening. “I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able to believe it. I don’t believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.”…
His love gives peace in the shadows, even in the trauma of adjusting to life with a challenged new baby. Peace in the shadows? On the worst days ever? Under impossible circumstances? Actually, yes! His love gives peace in the shadows! Half of what we create at kimenink.com is geared toward babies. Babies are a…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap 110 Happenings in our shop(s) and on the blog. Plus inspiring stories for your weekend. This time of year our state has a standard BOLO out. Be on the lookout for birds. October is the month we start to see the birds on their migration routes. For some this is…
Zacchaeus climbs a tree: A poor rich man finds Jesus. A rich man is poor when he doesn’t have Jesus in his life. When Jesus came to his town, Zacchaeus sat high on a branch so he could catch a glimpse of Savior. Zacchaeus Climbs a Tree “The rich man adjusted his hat, and…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap 109 Happenings in our shop(s) and on the blog. And inspiring stories for your weekend from around the ‘net. The last two weeks have been sort of different for us. We’ve lived our life almost completely off the blog. Our Working Vacation Last week we were out of town. We…
The Bible Story of Elisha’s Room on the Roof. The couple always welcomed the prophet when he came to town. He came often, so they built a room just for him, on the roof of their house. Elisha felt very thankful and promised them an amazing gift from God! The Bible Story of Elisha’s…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap 108 Happenings in our shop(s) and on the blog. And inspiring stories for your weekend from around the ‘net. Join us for this week’s ‘ink re-cap. Week 108. We just put the lid on 107, didn’t we? Where did this week go? In the print shop we did wedding books,…
Who would have thought Dollar Tree could produce an epiphany?The answer is, God moves in mysterious ways and unusual places, His wonders to perform. What is your typical experience in Dollar Tree? A bargain store teeming with a humanity appearing to live on meager resources, with faces showing that strain? Then that stress trickles…
This week’s ‘Ink Re-cap (107) AND the giving of gifts of great value, expecting nothing in return. This Saturday post is purely indulgent on our part. We get to sit down, relax, and think about the past week. Evaluate what happened, remember good stuff, and work on erasing the memory of bad stuff. It’s a…
The Bible Story of 3 friends who love God more than anything else. They would not bow down and worship any idols. So the king punished them for disobeying the laws. He threw them into a furnace broiling with flames. The Bible Story of 3 Friends who Love God above all. Music rang out…