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Facing the Inevitable Trials

You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever. Psalm 30:11-12 It brings me so much peace in times of trouble to know that everything that...

Love Aflame

I was thinking today about an incident that happened a few years ago. We lived in Wisconsin at the time and our house was in the middle of quite a few very old, very large trees. Maple, Oak, and… oh who am I kidding? Big old trees, I have no idea what kind. I do know that...

Merry Christmas

I have not updated lately and I really don’t have all that much time to do so even now. Yet I just wanted to stop by my blog tonight and wish all of you a very, merry Christmas. May the joy of the season and the life of the Son overwhelm you today and throughout the coming...

Humility

There is a humbleness or humility that pervades our society today that is not biblical. It is a false humility that the enemy deceives us into thinking is exactly what God desires of us. Satan would have us believe that we are to have a low opinion of ourselves and our God-given...

I Can Do All Things Through Christ

We all go through times of trial, and for my husband and me, God has a habit of getting our attention through financial difficulties. We’ve been through our share of other trials too but the lack of money seems to be the go-to trial for us. Maybe because it so quickly...

I Will Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving

Do you keep a journal? Maybe a prayer journal? Have you ever read through an entry that was written years back and felt your heart nearly leap from your chest because as you sit in stunned amazement you come to realize that God did everything and more than you asked for there in...

A Woman I Once knew

She was 7, maybe 8 when her brother started touching her inappropriately. There was a TV room upstairs in the attic that her father had built mainly for her older brothers to use. It was fun and different up there. She could see out the second-story window into the backyard and...

"You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing."

You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, Psalm 30:11

The Woman

An About Me page can be difficult to write.

Do you want to read that I am a carb-addict struggling to kick the habit? Or would you rather read about my aversion to dusting? And why do they call it dusting when clearly undusting is the more appropriate word?

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You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,...

I was thinking today about an incident that happened a few years ago. We lived in...

I have not updated lately and I really don’t have all that much time to do so even...

There is a humbleness or humility that pervades our society today that is not biblical....

We all go through times of trial, and for my husband and me, God has a habit of getting...

Do you keep a journal? Maybe a prayer journal? Have you ever read through an entry that...

She was 7, maybe 8 when her brother started touching her inappropriately. There was a TV...

Labor Day, for most it means a three-day weekend, a relaxing end to summer spent grilling...

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not...

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May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the...

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It has been Spring break week here at the Stoenescu house. Although, it wasn’t very...