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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.
‘Ink-Re-cap 305: Random Sketches and Scribblesabout life in a tiny home-grown stationery shop.“Quiet” is the word this week,and we couldn’t be more thankful to know that feeling this well again. Now the first month of 2023 is history. My husband shook his head, totally bewildered at where the time went, as he flipped the calendar…
Tremble at the Presence Of The Lord; acknowledge God’s sovereignty and power over all of Heaven and Earth. Over you. Especially you. And bow before the knowing. Early this morning I sat beside my husband, slowly awaking, reading from his shoulder as he studied the Bible. He had the page open in Psalms,…
‘Ink-Re-cap 304: Random Sketches and Scribbles on a sunny Saturday of a balmy desert winter. Full of links to our week’s posts, new products and freebies. Our yesterday’s post talked about celebrating friendships. Well, we had an impromptu galentine’s party poolside for lunch yesterday. I think sometimes spur of the moment turns out better than…
Here’s to the Best Galentine’s Day Ever: seize the opportunity to celebrate the bonds of friendship, woman to woman. The world has come to associate February as the time to express love to the people in your life. Valentine’s Day, February 14: The day to shower your spouse with reminders of your love. Galentine’s…
‘Ink-Re-cap 303: Random Sketches and Scribbleson a desert “winter” day after a week blessed with rain. In the desert we never complain about rain. And early this week we got a good rain, that greened up our lawn with its natural nitrogen. Then it got cold. Sometimes the cold is really cold, even though the…
6 Devotional Book Recommendations for the New Year from our friends on our kimenink chat. You can trust these titles for supplementary Bible Study. So far, the New Year hasn’t been very easy for us. If you read our re-cap last week, you know Kim is in the hospital with deep depression and anxiety….
‘Ink-Re-cap 302: Random Sketches and Scribblesfrom a tiny home-grown stationery shop.“Yowl” is the word this week,along with accepting God’s plans, which He promises are only good. Now the second week of 2023 is history. And what a week it was. I still can’t believe what’s happening in an unexpected and disappointing way. Which is why…
Trust your unknown Future to a known God? Take on the New Year with the confidence that your slate from the past year is wiped clean and God will bless you with His perfect plans for your future.
‘Ink-Re-cap 301: Random Sketches and Scribblesfrom a tiny home-grown stationery shop.“Owl” is the word this week,along with letting go of heavy loads. How was your first week of 2023? I don’t want to start the New Year by complaining, but our first week was busier than I want the next 51 weeks to be. It…
Let The Pain Go, and emotions too heavy to carry. Putting down your load may not change the situation, but it will change you. A college professor stood before his class holding a glass of water. “How heavy is this glass?” he asked his students. “8 ounces.” “12 ounces.” “16 ounces.” The guesses came…
‘Ink Re-Cap 191: Random Sketches and Scribbleson a quiet New Year’s Eveafter the most wonderful Christmas ever. Christmas 2022 is over. Sigh. So we had the best Christmas ever this year. You ask how I can truthfully say that, since I’ve probably said it before about other Christmases? Well, I happen to believe that every…
The Great Exodus Lesson 9: Miriam’s Leprosy.Miriam and Aaron grow jealous of Moses and speak evil of him.God is angry at their sin and punishes Miriam with leprosy. God’s People travel on to the Promised Land. They escaped the fearsome Pharaoh; they escaped slavery. God parted the waters of the Red Sea for the people…