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20

Five Minute Friday Challenge

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Kate said "20" and the first thing that popped into my mind was my 20 favorite Bible verses. So, here we go...

1. Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. He will rejoice over you. You will rest in His love; He will sing and be joyful about you.” (New Century . . .

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July 11, 2022

Trust

Five Minute Friday Challenge

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Trust is defined as "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, of a person or thing; confidence; confident expectation of something; hope." 

As a child, I remember singing the hymn, Trust and Obey. I think I liked the melody more than the actual words, to be honest. It can be easy to trust, but actually . . .

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July 06, 2022

Both...and

Five Minute Friday Challenge

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Both...and... Today is Mother's Day and a lot of feelings are surfacing. I heard this "both...and" phrase from Annie F. Downs and other writers over the last few months. It's when you hold 2 seemingly opposing emotions at the same time. Both are valid and sometimes (maybe all the time) you can't have one without the other. 

So . . .

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May 08, 2022

Explore

Five Minute Friday Challenge

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I don't see myself as much of an explorer, but last week I had 2 experiences of exploration!

At work, I explored the back halls of a clinic finding my way to the stairwell to assist a patient who is afraid of elevators. 

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Photo by Cory Mogk on Unsplash

 

The other exploration . . .

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April 14, 2022

Carry

Five Minute Friday Challenge

Silvrback blog imageWhen I go grocery shopping, I tend to do it all at once and carry out a week's worth of food, cleaning products, shampoo, etc. I can be stubborn at times, especially when I'm dealing with groceries. I want to carry EVERYTHING into the house in just ONE trip. I try to gather all of the bags, haul them out of the trunk, up the steps, and into . . .

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March 08, 2022

Commit

Five Minute Friday Challenge

 

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I was thinking the other day that I need to get back to my weekly writing on the Five Minute Friday prompt and wouldn't you know, this week's prompt is perfect! The word of the week is "commit".  Commit means "to carry into action deliberately, to pledge or assign to some particular course, to entrust, to record for . . .

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February 14, 2022

January 2022 - Share Four Somethings

and a few other things too!

Silvrback blog imageAh, the beginning of a new month, a new year, and it seems to be flying by. It's already the last full week of January! So, I'm taking a few minutes to write down my "Share Four Somethings" for the month. Heather has included 3 new topics and used Pantone's 2022 Color of the Year, "Very Peri", on the monthly graphic! 

Something . . .

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January 25, 2022

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