Tag: nature
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The Gift of the Final Step: Confessions of a Faithfully Flawed Female
There’s a lot that goes into our relationship with God—there’s prayer, Bible study, church, fellowship, serving. The final step though, ironically, is more important than all of these steps. It is in fact the most important step. The final step in our walk with Christ is coming to terms with the fact that no matter…
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The Gift of an Eight Legged Artist
God had something to tell me on that perfect sunny day. So I made my way into the forest to hear what He had to say. . Birds were singing, leaves were rustling, and the sun warmed up my face. My heart began to beat faster as I sped up my pace. . Slow down,…
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The Gift of Peace and Pretty Things
Life has been heavy lately. My ceiling falling in on my kitchen was nothing but the cherry on top of the cake. While the maintenance crew began to create for me a new ceiling, I decided to do some creating of my own. I had a craving for soft and light colors, blues and purples.…
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The Gift of Patience: Joy in Waiting
This is a tree from the neighborhood of my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. It’s seen me as a young girl riding bikes with my best friend and playing on its playground. It’s watched me as a teen and young adult through multiple romantic relationships and for many years as a full grown woman. What I’ve…
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The Gift of Joy: a Story About Faith
My heart sank when I drove passed the wildflower garden a few weeks ago and saw nothing but tall grass, and it sank even further when my mom confirmed that’s all she saw as well. I had been looking forward to my visit since winter. For some reason though, those little flowers just didn’t appear…
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The Gift of Joy: Changing Your Perspective
See all those colorful wildflowers? For months leading up to that morning, nothing but grass filled the entire field. Rain, ice, snow, and eventually the hot sun all came before the beautiful, color filled field of wildflowers. That field was always a garden; it simply wasn’t in season. According to my perspective, that field was…
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The Gift of Joy: Rediscovering Awe
Do you ever think back to when you were a child and wish you could go back? Why do you think that is? I can answer that for you in one word: joy. Children in their natural state are beings of pure joy. One of the reasons for this is their ability to see the…
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The Gift of Joy: Finally Finding Freedom
How would you describe joy? Like a field of wildflowers on a bright summer day—vibrant and warm; free. If you asked me this question a month ago, this is probably how I would respond. God’s been speaking to me lately. He’s been speaking to me through pain, through waiting, through uncertainty, through trials, and tribulations.…
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The Gift of Defiant Joy
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5) In my dining room, hangs a beautiful tapestry—a darkened forest illuminated by a bold and defiant light shining through the trees, a light that refuses to obey the darkness. Defiance is the refusal to obey someone or something. Have you…
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The Gift of a Fallen Thing
During my walk the other morning, I noticed many leaves had fallen to the ground. Even in their fallen state, they were still beautiful; they still had purpose. As leaves decay, they add organic material back into the soil. Further, critters ranging from turtles to birds and mammals rely on leaf litter for food, shelter,…
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