Posted on May 7, 2025
by Paris Renae
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Interesting but true: to a person, I can say without doubt what we really want most out of life is to be loved. Just-as-we-are. And the Bible reminds us, “God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” (1John… Continue Reading “Price you pay”
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Posted on September 6, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Never a dull moment – I think that about sums up life these days, right? I for one am a bit weary and long for a break, a quiet, a sense it’s all okay. Recently we flew to see our out-of-state son and his… Continue Reading “What we need to: see”
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Posted on March 8, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Funny how we all ‘see’ things differently – especially those under five. Grown-ups see from experience. Little ones, with a mere few years, tend to be more literal and view life and circumstances only from a concrete view. Recently cousins 2, 3, and 5… Continue Reading “Modeling”
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Posted on January 11, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Maybe you, like me, have experienced those moments. The ones where deep breaths seem illusive. That feeling like something’s wrong – but what? Or anything? In the world we’re living in maybe it’s not as rare as I think. But it’s not good for… Continue Reading “On Anxiety”
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Posted on September 14, 2021
by Paris Renae
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A storm was gathering – as is often the case on a humid south Florida afternoon. I went outside to listen as the thunder gathered – my mood was similar. I was in a waiting time, for a phone call, knowing it wouldn’t be… Continue Reading “Uncomfortable”
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Posted on June 29, 2021
by Paris Renae
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Playing the memory card game with a four-year-old is different: when he picks up a card, he wants to keep looking til he finds the match. If I pick a card he really likes, he wants me to surrender it to him so he… Continue Reading “Never Fall”
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Posted on May 12, 2020
by Paris Renae
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Things don’t always work out the way we think they should. Sometimes the thing you thought for sure would be nothing, is something. Here’s where I am, can you identify? I don’t like walking through hard things, unsure circumstances, relationship confrontations, financial upsets, health… Continue Reading “He Really Will…”
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Posted on May 21, 2019
by Paris Renae
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“In all the setbacks we experience in life, God is plotting for our joy – but it’s probably not going to look like you think.” (Pastor Jay Holland) My mind has been turning over the saying ‘after all is said and done’. Six words… Continue Reading “After All…”
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Posted on June 13, 2017
by Paris Renae
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Seems like bigger is better – paycheck, house, popularity. Children always want to be bigger. We pick the bigger apple or head of lettuce. It goes back to Paul’s lesson: contentment. Ugh, that just doesn’t fit today’s world does it? The lesson is good,… Continue Reading “Bigger…”
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