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Archive for December, 2007

Happy New Year from The Joseph’s

Posted in Family, tagged , , on December 31, 2007 | No Comments »

Make a slideshow - it’s easy!

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Gotta Love Beth Moore

Posted in Faith, tagged , , , , , , on December 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“Easy lives do not make great stories! Your life in Christ was meant to be a great story.” Beth Moore
This is a great quote — my life is a great story, even though, right now it feels like a poorly written tragedy.  How I need to remember this right now and trust in the great [...]

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Ways Immanuel, God was with me, on Christmas

Posted in Faith, Family, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »

“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: The virgin will be child and will give birth to a son and they will call Him Immanuel - which means “God with us.” Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:22 & 23
God with us - God with me. 
Today, on Christmas,  I experienced God [...]

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The Brokenness of Christmas

Posted in Faith, Family, tagged , , , , on December 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I have been working at a major department store since October so that I can make my portion of the bills for the company I co-owned.  Of course, working retail is not at all what I imagined myself doing and is certainly a step down from writing and speaking (I have really struggled with this fact, [...]

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Memorable gifts

Posted in Family, MOPS Mentor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The most memorable gifts that I remember receiving:

When each of my daughters were in first grade, they created a construction paper book all about themselves - their family, friends, favorite things and what they wanted to be when they grew up.  These book are priceless to me now.
The first Christmas that my husband and I were together [...]

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Treasured Moments of Mary, Jesus’ Mother

Posted in Faith, MOPS Mentor, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »

Yesterday I had the privilege to speak at another MOPS group - again let me acknowledge what an absolute joy it is to be among Mothers, especially Preschool Mothers.  When I speak to other MOPS group, I typically speak on Recognizing, Recording and Remembering;  using Mary, Jesus’ Mother’s treasured moments.  Speaking of Mary at Christmas time [...]

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Desperate Housewives at Christmas

Posted in Faith, MOPS Mentor, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »

This is a MOPS devotions that I gave last year at Christmas time….
Although, I have never watched ABC’s Desperate Housewives - I do know that when the Christmas season comes I tend (okay tend may not be a strong enough word) to be a little desperate.  I do it to myself - I become obsessed, stressed, tired and [...]

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Waiting for God ~ Waiting on God

Posted in Faith, MOPS Mentor, tagged , , , , , on December 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »

“Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” Psalm 27:14
Does God have you in a place of waiting right now - He sure has me in a place of waiting?  It seems to me that God really deems the waiting process important because He has had me wait so [...]

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Hope

Posted in Faith, tagged , , on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Recently, I read this and thought it was powerful — “Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God’s plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins”…  Olympian Eric Liddell

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What I know to be True no matter how I feel

Posted in MOPS Mentor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2007 | No Comments »

As I promised in the last post, here is my list of God’s truths that I have to review all the time especially when I start to believe lies such as I am a failure or there is no hope…. 

God Loves me with an everlasting LOVE - Jeremiah 31:3  “The Lord appeared to us in the past saying; “I [...]

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