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Free Bird, Caged Song

Free Bird, Caged Song

Dawn awakes, stretching bright limbs wide across the eastern sky. So much energy displayed for such a still moment in…
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Snow Still Falls in Spring

Snow Still Falls in Spring

When we first moved from the deep-south to the mid-west, I devoted many-an-hour to my favorite new past-time: Watching fresh…
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I Know My Redeemer Lives

I Know My Redeemer Lives

  Happy Easter, sweet friends.   ~ blessed to link up today with: Carolina at Open-Mic Monday , Crystal at …
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Sweet Somethings

Sweet Somethings

Welcome back, friends. Greetings from the Chasing Holiness Cafe’. Grab a cozy table in the corner, and enjoy these Sweet…
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Heaven and Nature Sing

Heaven and Nature Sing

Tell me The StoryOf JesusWrite on my heartEvery wordTell methe storyMost preciousSweetestthat everWas heard     ~ Blessed to link…
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Thank you, Jesus. 💗 . . . #goodfriday #thankyou Thank you, Jesus. 💗
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Anyone else feel like April snuck in through the b Anyone else feel like April snuck in through the back door while we were still greeting January in the foyer?
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Pretty sure I just said this about March exactly a day ago.
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Slow down, Time! What’s your rush?!
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Truth is, time doesn’t wait for us, but faithfully surrenders to the rhythmic path its Maker ordered it to trek.
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Friend, are you feeling like all the plans you had great hopes for back in January got caught in the undercurrent of Time’s fast pace?
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Guess what? It’s a fresh month, a fresh quarter, a fresh day full of new mercy & strength.
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I haven’t incorporated exercise as much this year as I’d like, so I’m setting some new exercise goals for April!
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What about you, friend? What new thing might you pick up, or pick back up, in April?
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We’ve got this! Move over January, April has a seat at the Change Table, too!
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Cheering you on, friend! On April 30th, what will we wish we had done this month? THAT, let’s get up & go do that! 💗🎉
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How easy it is to forget that our source is not fr How easy it is to forget that our source is not from within ourselves, nor from our hustle.
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True life & ministry & purpose is found only when we remain nestled in the Vine.
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“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)
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What are you working so hard to do in your own strength today, friend?
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Let’s lay our striving down, and reconnect to the Source of all we’ve ever really needed—Jesus.
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262 ounces of San Marzano tomatoes, 7 pounds of gr 262 ounces of San Marzano tomatoes, 7 pounds of ground beef, 3 bright bell peppers, 2 giant onions, so many garlic cloves, a bucketful of seasoning (ish), a handful of bay leaves, some mushrooms, and plenty of Pecorino Romano later...
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Spaghetti, anyone? 😊
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Future me will be so grateful as she puts on a pot of water for pasta, grabs sauce from the freezer, & gently warms this labor of homemade love on the stovetop.
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Do you do any freezer cooking? I’d love to know what’s stocked in your freezer. Feeling so uninspired in the kitchen lately; would love some fresh ideas! 💗
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Bon appetit! 😊
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