Month: January 2022
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The Privileged Life: 11 Christian Women Bloggers to Follow in 2022
“When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement.” Acts 15:31 In the mornings when I open my email inbox, I shove aside the spam to open the little “jewel boxes” waiting for me. I’m referring to blogs I receive from a number of Christian writers, and they never fail to bring joy, conviction, […]
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The Privileged Life: When It’s Time to Leave the Fence
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.” (Psalm 139:14) Fences are good…as long as you’re on one side of them. Good fences, as poet Robert Frost quoted, “make good neighbors.”* They discourage trespassing, keep livestock enclosed, and even protect us from ourselves. Fences, however, were never meant […]
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The Privileged Life: Cleaning House…with Jesus
When the new year rolls around, most people make resolutions to lose weight, exercise, get their finances in order, etc. I’m working on all those, too. For starters, though, I clean house. Well, let me clarify that…my husband prods me to clean house. To throw away or give away things that are no longer essential or desired. […]
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The Privileged Life: Standing Among Giants
”There we saw the giants…and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33) My husband, Mark, is almost a giant—he’s 6’6” tall. Someone once called him “freakishly tall,” and the description stuck. Being tall is, for the most part, a nice attribute for him because people […]
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The Privileged Life: How to Make “Wintertime” Resolutions
“Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord.” (Hosea 10:12) Snow! Who doesn’t love winter snow days? Well, everyone who has to get out in it for a living…all those who brave the cold and wet to get jobs done. I get it. But for those who get to cozy […]
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