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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.
Do you keep a prayer journal? I don’t, and I wondered how to begin. Here’s some tips and ideas we gathered. Why should you keep a Prayer Journal? We likely all have different reasons for keeping a prayer journal, or as is my intention, keeping a prayer journal page in my Organizer Binder. My reasons?…
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‘Ink-Re-cap 310: Random Sketches and Scribbles about life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop. Stay-At-Home-Mom Organizer, Botswana and half price Easter cards. A Quiet Week That began with a bang. Our Sunday morning Church service attendees was about double our summer numbers. It was fun meeting the visitors and finding out you had talked…
Slay the giants within and defeat spiritual laziness. Be mindful and aware. Arm your mind daily with the Power of God. “I caught him by his beard, and I smote him.” These words convinced Saul that David was a force to be reckoned with. But the final argument that swayed Saul were the humble yet…
‘Ink-Re-cap 309: Random Sketches and Scribbles about life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop. Easter gravy, Church signs and applications. The Latest on Rainbow Acres I’m still working on the 40 page application form to get Kim into Rainbow Acres. So much detail. The questions go on and on. I told Jen, our contact…
The Birdcage Story Retold for Easter 2024 is an allegory for the Resurrection Story and the price the Christ paid for the sins of the world. Raise your hand if you’ve heard or read Jesus and the Birdcage by Paul Harvey. Likely most of you have, because it’s a story that’s been told and re-told…
‘Ink-Re-cap 308: Random Sketches and Scribblesabout life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop.Fifty’s diners, first birthday and trauma Fifty’s Diner Benefit Evening We walked into the big room filled with tables dressed in white tablecloths with black and white checkered table runners. The girl waiters all wore ruffled and swirly green seersucker and white aprons…
The Great Exodus Lesson 10: Finishing StrongMoses sends 12 spies to check out the Promised Land, but only 2 believe God can help them win the land from the giants who live there. God’s People finally stand at the borders of the Promised Land. They escaped the fearsome Pharaoh; they escaped slavery. God parted the…
‘Ink-Re-cap 307: Random Sketches and Scribblesabout life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop.Papers, riding lesson and The Ranch Rainbow Acres Ranch The day finally arrived to tour Rainbow Acres Ranch. Yesterday, Kim, her brother and SIL, dad and mom, 1 uncle and 2 aunts loaded into 2 cars to head up to Camp Verde. It…
How would you Live Your Last Days on Earth?Here’s our list of 10 ways to live every day as if you were running out of time. Not one of us knows how many days/months/years we have left to live. What if our time on Earth would end tomorrow? Or next week? We don’t really like…
‘Ink-Re-cap 306: Random Sketches and Scribblesabout life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop.Nightmares, spring flowers, and something newthat’s not blue. Well, not totally. Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Today, on a family chat, a well-meaning cousin reminded the men that V-Day is coming right up. My first thought was, “Is this showing love up…
We don’t always realize the Negative Power of Distractions, and don’t know how to overcome. Let’s call it spiritual warfare, so we can focus on the Main Battle we must win. Do we know why we often feel anxious or sad or vaguely uneasy? Worse yet, do these feelings become our normal and we…