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The Joy of Being Given More Than You Can You Handle

March 29, 2013 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman Do you ever feel like God has given you “more than you can handle?” I regularly have this thought, and my pride doesn’t want it to be true. The hot air escaping my burst ego when I realize that I just can’t “handle it” is almost audible. Honest thoughts about my weaknesses [...]

Tagged as: 2 Corinthians 12, Easter, eternity, grace, hope, John 15, joy, weaknesses

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An invitation to liberated joy

March 2, 2013 Good Reading
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from C.S. Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms “I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is [...]

Tagged as: CS Lewis, joy, praise, Psalms

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The Happy, Humble Work of a Mother

February 27, 2013 Inspiring Homemaking
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by Melissa McDonald I just had a serious talk with my two-year-old as she bounced on a red rubber donkey wearing an inflatable crown. We talked about all the reasons you shouldn’t play with the potty seat. Then she bounced around in circles until she fell off of the donkey. She giggled the way only [...]

Tagged as: Colossians 3, homemaking, humility, joy, motherhood, Philippians 2, pride

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Rejoicing in the Mess

January 17, 2013 Devotional Mundane
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by Christina Fox It was a busy day as usual around my house. We had home school followed by the boy’s after school activities, a few errands, and then sports. By the time evening came, everyone was tired. Or so I thought. After putting the boys to bed I had to return to their room [...]

Tagged as: Hebrews 12, joy, Philippians 4, Romans 5

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The Single Homemaker’s Joy and Security

November 19, 2012 Inspiring Homemaking
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by Lore Ferguson In the summer of 2010 a man and his wife said nine words that changed my life. It started with a table. I was 29 and had finally moved into a house where I could unpack my books, hang curtains, and let the houseplants settle into some semblance of consistency. We had a front [...]

Tagged as: 1 Corinthians 10, 1 Corinthians 7, homemaking, joy, materialism, singlehood

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On Fighting Worldiness and Fruit Flies

October 1, 2012 Devotional Mundane
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by Melissa McDonald My husband Eric came home with a sack of beautiful, green pears from the neighbor’s tree. I couldn’t wait for them to ripen. But that was my first mistake: I let them ripen right in the middle of my kitchen. It happened over a month ago. Every last pear has been eaten. [...]

Tagged as: cleaning, Colossians 1, contentment, joy, lust, Psalm 119, worldliness

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On blogs and envy

September 29, 2011 Devotional Mundane
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Dear Blog-reading Friends, I sensed a stirring in my heart and felt compelled to write you a letter. It contains a confession, a plea for caution and a note of encouragement. It also includes this hideous drawing of a monster. Apparently my art skills haven’t improved since the second grade. Anyway, I hope to draw [...]

Tagged as: envy, internet tools, joy, sin

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Coffee morning praise

September 17, 2011 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman I like to define my mornings by what kind of coffee I think I’ll need to manage them. If everyone sleeps in and dresses themselves, lunch magically appears on the table, and kids put themselves down for naps… it’s an iced Americano with hazelnut kind of day. If the baby wakes up [...]

Tagged as: coffee, idols, joy

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The Glorious Mundane

August 30, 2011 Devotional Mundane
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by Gloria Furman “Eeew,” a little girl said as she walked by my shopping cart. I checked my kids for any lingering grape jelly on their faces. Nope. I looked down. There was a “gift” from my baby– a mustard-colored stain streaked from my shoulder to my waist. (How do babies do that?) “It’s just [...]

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