Focus Upward
I'm a daughter of the King of Kings, wife, and mother of 2 lovely young adult daughters. Focusing upward on Jesus.
Inspire
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
This week's prompt is: Inspire - GO!
So, last week's prompt was "collect" and I couldn't think of anything, that word was not "inspiring" me to write, so I took a week off. This week at work I spoke with one of our volunteers and she shared that she was going to a Vintage Christmas Collectors Convention. I never . . .
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Miracles in the Mess
I love the title of chapter 13 "Uninvited" by Lysa TerKeurst. Often God hides miracles in the midst of the mess and chaos of the circumstances in our lives.
She shares several stories from the Gospels of how before and after the each miracle, the disciples and others often "laughed" at Jesus, didn't believe Him, or didn't . . .
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Comfort
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
The prompt for this week is "comfort". As I sat throughout the day thinking and pondering, many thoughts came to my mind. Comfort food - soup, chocolate, anything bready or starchy. What is your favorite comfort food? Being comfortable - in our own skin, in our homes, putting on comfy clothes after a long . . .
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Play
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
This week's post is "play". It reminds me when I played library with my friend, many, many years ago. I also remember taking my daughters to play dates when they were little. It gave them time with their friends and some adult time for me.
However precious those memories are...I find myself not playing as much as I've gotten . . .
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Blessing
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
"Blessing", when I first saw this word, the old hymn, "Count Your Blessings" by John Oatman, immediately came to my mind.
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God has done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your many blessings, see what God has done.
My list would . . .
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Steady
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
This week's Five Minute Friday Challenge prompt was "steady". Go!
Steady...2 verses came to mind as I prayed about what to write this week.
Psalm 18:36 (NLT) "You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.
I also like the CEB (Common English Bible) version: "You’ve let me walk fast and . . .
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Worth
A Five Minute Friday Challenge
This week's Five Minute Friday Challenge prompt was "worth". Go!
Worth means to place a monetary value on something as in a "dollar's worth of gas" or to ascribe worth as measured by its qualities, a moral or personal value.
Several idioms came to mind as I was preparing to write, "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush . . .
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