Posted on February 12, 2025
by Paris Renae
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My husband and I spent a week in Northwest Florida. This was my playground as a child. It was very different then – no condos, huge houses, or hotels on the beaches. Just a few motels and little homes here and there. To come… Continue Reading “To know”
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Posted on January 22, 2025
by Paris Renae
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It’s been a long challenging week. I’ve let things that cause me tension take over my thoughts. That tension has manifested in my body. Feeling like I’m in a battle once again as I deal with neck and body pain. I couldn’t see beyond… Continue Reading “It is a prayer”
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Posted on December 18, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Hard to keep focus right now. There’s all the planning, purchasing, and preparing. Boxes arriving almost daily, cards from far off friends, not enough wrapping paper or gift bags stored away from last year. Then the last-minute additions to the calendar. The babe in… Continue Reading “For All”
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Posted on December 4, 2024
by Paris Renae
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For a brief four weeks, whether most of the world gets it or not, our focus is redirected – to an event a little over 2000 years ago. I was thinking of Mary in those last couple weeks of pregnancy. Not in the comfort… Continue Reading “Fight of Faith”
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Posted on October 30, 2024
by Paris Renae
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I think David (in the Bible) was one of those people that would have totally intimidated me – while at the same time intrigued me. So expressive, flamboyant, and brave – but also a deep thinker, remorseful, and ever faithful to God. Confidence has… Continue Reading “Confidence”
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Posted on April 6, 2023
by Paris Renae
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If you’ve followed me for a while, you’ve probably noticed: I’ve gone missing. Heartache and pain struck our family last fall and I clammed up. For me, it’s chronic, debilitating physical pain. For my husband, a diagnosis that’s not good. There’s all kinds of… Continue Reading “Joy in Suffering?”
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Posted on June 14, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Sometimes we realize we just completed a journey – yet we didn’t leave our normal day to day. Not all journeys require a plane or car, just a surrendered heart. It’s that moment when we realize God just did a work in us that… Continue Reading “Whatever”
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Posted on March 22, 2022
by Paris Renae
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All the world is focused on Ukraine. What’s next? How long? Why? “Leaders” of nations play power games to see who has what territory, control of their citizens, and the next photo op. All under the illusion that they have power. As though they… Continue Reading “Power”
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Posted on January 4, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Do you ever use this phrase: Oh, my word! It’s a whole lot better than a lot of expressions out there. Yet today, it took on new meaning. Recently I was encouraged to come up with ‘my word for the year’. I’ve done that… Continue Reading “Oh My Word”
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Posted on November 30, 2021
by Paris Renae
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I have a best friend – thirty-four years of best. We don’t see each other often but long ago she started saying she couldn’t wait for our next adventure. I wonder if Jesus’ disciples thought the same way. With Jesus, life was anything but… Continue Reading “Adventure”
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