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Day 10 :: Fighting Fear {part 2}: Think on the Truth
source Fighting fear is hard. I know because I struggle with fear. When we received Mason’s diagnosis of Down Syndrome, we were given a long list of potential health problems that he could face. The fear was overwhelming. It would have been easy for me to look at that list and spend most of my days dwelling…
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Day 9 :: Fighting Fear {part 1}: Begin at the Root
Most of us have something that we fear. It could be an object, a situation, a person, or a feeling. We don’t always seek it out, sometimes it just creeps in, unwelcome and takes over our minds. How do we fight it? David, in Psalm 56:3-4, said, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose…
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Day 8 :: Will you Ask?
source My children come to me countless times throughout the day asking me for things. “Mama, will you put this on my baby doll?”“Mama, will you get me something to eat?”“Mama, will you read me some books?” They don’t hesitate. When they want something they ask. I want a truth driven heart. I desire to be changed by God’s truth…
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Day 7 :: Avenue to Meet God
My children spent some time visiting with their Great Grandmother yesterday. I’ve always been fascinated by her life. She spent the majority of it serving the Lord in Africa as a missionary. She’s experienced joys and sorrows in life. And, at 86 years of age, she has much wisdom to offer. As she bounced Mason on her knee, she looked…
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Day 6 :: Never Leave the Rock
The faint heart finds the Rock. And guess what? It should never leave.We need that Rock in the weary times and the times of great victory. Nothing can be achieved apart from Him. “He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my…
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Day 5 :: Faint Hearts find the Rock
Sitting in the waiting room at the eye doctor, I see them. A middle-aged mom walking with her adult son. He wears glasses, velcro shoes, baggy pants. I can’t turn my eyes away. That’s going to be me one day. I don’t want that to be me. Oh, please, God, NO!The tears flow later, violently. My heart is faint, overwhelmed.…
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Day 4 :: The Truth and our Time
Source: via Lindsay on Pinterest If we’re going to talk about a truth driven heart, we have to talk about our time. Time is precious. There are countless things that pull us each day, stealing those minutes we hold so dear. Seasons of life bring changes in the way our time looks in a given day. Regardless of the season…
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Day 3 :: Dealing with the Hard Stuff
Hard stuff happens. The Bible addresses hard stuff countless times. James calls hard stuff trials, “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds” {James 1:2}. Count it joy. This is a tough one! It’s easy to count that good stuff joy, but trials? What would make me crazy enough to think that is a good…
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Day 2: Bad is About Perspective
source The day that we came home from the hospital with Mason, I remember sitting on the couch with my mom, breaking the news to her that Mason might have Down Syndrome. We cried together, and Bradley answered her questions, as best as he could. During our conversation I remember distinctly saying to her, “This is awful.” And, I meant…
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31 Days of a Truth Driven Heart
On Friday I alluded to the fact that I would be participating in 31 Days, hosted by Nester. I tossed around quite a few ideas of what to write about for the month of October, and finally landed on a topic that has been driving much of my thoughts this year. I shared in January that my ‘word of the…