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Your Best Friend
I like for my blogs to be real. Maybe someone will be helped, healed, or brought closer to Jesus because of my honest openness. I have been feeling melancholy lately for two reasons. First, just missing my son so much who lives in Trussville. You say "that is not...
What’s on your plate?
"Only look at someone else’s plate to make sure they have enough…" I read these words a few weeks ago and had zero idea what they meant, but something about that sentence stuck with me over the next few days. Then, hearing a church member share her testimony helped me...
Light in the Darkness
There is a place in North Alabama called Cathedral Caverns. This cavern is an attraction that you can visit. I have been there with my children a few times, and we have been able to journey on the adventure of traveling 3,960 feet down a well-lit path into the heart...
One Friend, One Faithful God
“Two are better than one,If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 There is something deeply beautiful about friendship between women. God created us for connection, encouragement, and community. Some of life's sweetest moments are...
Lessons from the Garden: Living by Faith
I've been so blessed to call North Alabama home for the last five years. There's something about the lush green hills, the flowing waterfalls and rivers, and the smell of spring in the air that soothes my soul. During my first spring here, my husband and I decided to...
Walking with God
Have you ever paused to consider how people might remember your journey on this side of heaven? What lasting impact do you hope your faith and life choices will leave? Recently, I attended three Celebrations of Life, each unique but all honoring faithful women whose...
Hold On
Our mountainside home overlooks beautiful Lake Guntersville. Some mornings, I stand at my back door, watching the sun peek over the mountain across the lake. Slowly but surely, that sliver of light swells into a giant orange ball. In no time, the calm waters between...
Dead Things
Spring is here, and I couldn't be happier! After a long, cold winter, my heart yearns for warmer weather, for trees to bud, and flowers to bloom. I don't think I would do very well living in the colder regions of the country with longer winter seasons. I am so...
Your Hard-Fought Hallelujah
Recently, I had a 26-year-old spiritual granddaughter move to heaven due to a blood clot. It came out of nowhere. On Saturday, she was having a great day with her fiancé, on Sunday, she was teaching small children in Children’s Church, and on Monday, she was fighting...
The Redemption Story and the Role of Trees
I love a little Auburn tree! It is the AU Rosa Plum tree, and it was developed by Auburn to have characteristics like the wild plums that grew prolifically when I was a child. The fruit reminds me of the wild plums I ate from my grandparents' farm. Even though I...
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