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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 November 20, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Lately I’ve thought a lot about Jesus’ words as He prayed that final prayer recorded for us: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42 NIV) I think we sometimes add that… Continue Reading “Immersed”
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Posted on November 13, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Sometimes an aha moment happens, and it can change perspective. This happened to me over the course of just a couple days, when it kept being reaffirmed. But that’s how God’s truths are. They are alive and active and working in us and through… Continue Reading “Wait”
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Posted on November 6, 2024
by Paris Renae
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What a day to be writing. America at a crossroads election. My hubby starting chemo again but stable and feeling good. Blustery wind outside the window. Sun peeping through fast moving clouds. And a heart that says to my soul – find a way…to… Continue Reading “Goodness”
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Posted on October 9, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Settling back in the chair I write to clear my head. So many thoughts swirling. My husband’s chemo, my son’s broken collarbone and no surgeon available until days later, another hurricane coming, power outages and tons of rain. Ah me… As I sighed it… Continue Reading “Just the right time”
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Posted on October 2, 2024
by Paris Renae
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As I try and choose words, my fears want to crowd out truth. We have friends, family in the flooded and devastated areas of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina. How does one recover after two feet of water floods your house in the middle of… Continue Reading “Uncertainty”
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Posted on September 25, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Ahh, the mountains – for a flat land, at or below sea level girl, I just can’t stop smiling as we drive or hike or sit out back. In the car, those curves require slowing down, the back roads require a sharp eye. Our… Continue Reading “Be prepared…”
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Posted on May 2, 2023
by Paris Renae
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We often find ourselves in the waiting place. Waiting for a new job, a mending of a relationship, waiting for a diagnosis, a cure, a break from the hard stuff, relief in pain. Have you ever heard of Abide Meditations? Scripture-filled short and long… Continue Reading “Waiting Place”
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Posted on December 20, 2022
by Paris Renae
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I know – I’ve been absent. For the first time in ten years. I’ve been a bit lost. How about you? It’s that time when all is glitter and lights and good cheer. Only sometimes…it’s not. I see it all around our broken world.… Continue Reading “He Came to Show Us”
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Posted on November 8, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Time to work my way out of all that has silenced me the past few weeks. Only one way I know of: list the blessings. When I am lost in all that is wrong, first I hear my mother’s voice: ‘Count your blessings, not… Continue Reading “Counted”
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