Why It’s Important for You to Pray and Surrender How willing are you to wave the white flag of surrender and give yourself completely to God? We typically think of surrendering as admitting defeat and giving up the fight but let’s see what some dictionaries say… Proverbs 3:5–6 perfectly explains what it means to surrender our lives to God… Trust in the Lord with all your...
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The Important Truth About Happiness and the Divine Dance I’d like to tell you about something I call the “divine dance” and what I believe is the truth about happiness. It’s a fact of life that if you believe something long enough it becomes your truth. It may not even be close to reality – but it’s your truth. Deeply planted, rooted, and growing false “truth.” People...
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Summary of W & D Video Series (Elizabeth Gaskell) For anyone who has just bought the Wives and Daughters video series, I summarize the story and insert my own observations of the characters on the video today. I like listening on any device to the story on LibriVox  while going about the myriad of things I need to do around here. This herbal tea was from The Little Prayer Tea Company.    I walked with Lucy
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5 Wonderful Reasons To Be Kind Always  Have you seen the videos of people rewarding people for showing kindness to a stranger? I had a surprise moment several years ago. I stopped by a local store to buy a screen saver for my iPad. I don’t remember doing or saying anything special, although I typically try to remember to smile and say...
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Young at Home Good Day, Wonderful Friends,Thank you so much for visiting. The broadcast is at the end of this post. Today I went for a walk with Lucy in Venice, Italy. So refreshing!!We are doing the best we can here at The Manse, even with "dark, narrow halls and a fire that smokes".I read from these two books today:Emily Barnes suggest small, free efforts to make being home beautiful , and "The Lost Art
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