Posted on April 23, 2025
by Paris Renae
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I wish you could have seen it. Easter Sunday as our family attended a sunrise service, the pastor started explaining Romans 10:9 (ESV) “if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,… Continue Reading “Right Here”
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Posted on December 18, 2024
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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 October 12, 2022
by Paris Renae
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Laying in bed longing for a good night’s sleep I started to ask God “Just this one thing” – when I realized that really I want a lot more than one thing. No, nothing material, not money or things. No, nothing self-fulfilling, not popularity… Continue Reading “One Thing”
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Posted on August 30, 2022
by Paris Renae
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The last few weeks I’ve woven a faith journey into a road trip taken earlier this summer. Today, I’m who knows how high above the earth, with someone else at the wheel. Keeping it short this week by taking a few moments to ponder… Continue Reading “Recap”
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Posted on November 16, 2021
by Paris Renae
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Hide and seek with three- and four-year-olds takes a little patience – they want to play endlessly. Half the time they tell me where to hide or where they are going to hide. I walk around pretending to look, then out they pop saying… Continue Reading “I See You”
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Posted on July 27, 2021
by Paris Renae
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Big plans, fun plans – three years in the making plans. Ever have those kind of plans – only to have them dissolve before your very eyes? Happens all the time: broken down RV on the side of the road, missed flight, sick for… Continue Reading “Change of Plans”
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Posted on July 13, 2021
by Paris Renae
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I’m not particularly athletic. At times I can be clumsy. But one thing I love, and wish I had started when I was much younger, is hiking in the mountains. I can’t do the strenuous trails. But I can walk long and slow and… Continue Reading “Must Listen”
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Posted on December 29, 2020
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Just a couple days and 2020 will be done. Do you know what 2021 holds? If we’ve learned anything in the 365 days since we looked forward to a new year, it’s this: there’s much we do not know. Don’t know if there will… Continue Reading “You Know”
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Posted on September 29, 2020
by Paris Renae
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Ever wake up in the middle of the night and just need a sip of water? Our thirst mechanism is built in because water is vital for life. Keep hydrated and life goes on. No source of water, life can end pretty quick. I’ve… Continue Reading “Thirsty…”
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Posted on July 7, 2020
by Paris Renae
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Half of this year is gone. A year called 2020 that cleverly was touted as 20/20 – as in vision. I think we were blind. The year is a blur even though it is void of so many of life’s normals. It has been… Continue Reading “If We Will…”
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