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Day 22 :: Baked Goods are always a blessing (Best Brownie Recipe)
One of the easiest ways to bless someone might be to simply bake some treats and take them to a friend, a neighbor, your co-workers. And not just during times of sickness or if there’s been a birth in the family, although meals at those times are needed. What about the people who are always the ones to bring the…
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Day 21 :: When you don’t know who to bless
Thinking about ‘being a blessing’ can be pretty overwhelming. Does anyone remember that little song, “Make me a blessing”? It’s really a prayer, asking God to help us be a blessing to someone who needs something. I googled this song to try and find the words, and I was surprised to find that there are many songs with this same…
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Day 20 :: The blog post YOU are going to write
On Saturday I introduced you to some people who have been blessers in my life. By no means did that list contain all of the people that have blessed me throughout my life! In fact, as I continued to think about it, many more individuals came to mind. It’s fun to look back and remember how God has used various…
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Day 18 :: Meet some amazing blessers
In coming up with practical ways to bless others, I started thinking through the people who have blessed me. And when I thought about the practical things they did that blessed me, I had to ask myself: Why was that a blessing? If I want my life to be a blessing to others I probably need to start blessing in…
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Day 17 :: The key to being a blesser
I barely made it onto the girls’ basketball team my senior year in high school. I’m pretty sure the only reason I got on the team was because I was a senior. I had switched schools that year, so I was the new girl, and what they didn’t know was that I had been point guard on the team at…
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Day 16 :: Blessing the Lord is living a life of obedience
We’re halfway through October, and so halfway through this series: Made to Pour, Living a life of blessing. A little wrap-up: Blessing the Lord is a kneeling of my soul to acknowledge God, fixing my soul on who He is as God, praising Him even when I don’t feel like it, when life is hard, and when I’m waiting on…
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Day 15 :: Blessing can come in the Waiting
Right now we’re living in a townhouse that isn’t my favorite. Most of my pretty things are packed away, the windows are bare, the bathroom door is off so that I have room to bathe my children. Our relationships are few; we rarely have plans on the weekends. We’re living in a time of transition. We knew in moving here…
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Day 14 :: How my skinny jeans, boots and a black sweater taught me to bless God
Sometime between my first and third pregnancies skinny jeans became popular. It took awhile for me to appreciate this look, but eventually I liked it. However, I was pregnant for five Christmases in a row and there was no way I was going to try this trend with the extra pounds that came from all of my babies. Last winter…
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Day 13 :: Blessing the Lord when I don’t feel blessed
“Lord, cut, carve, wound; Lord do anything to perfect your image in us and make us fit for glory. We need winnowing before we enter the kingdom of God. O what I owe to the file, hammer, and furnace! Why should I be surprised at the plough that makes such deep furrows in my soul? Whatever…