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Manual Labor
Not a very pretty title is it? I mean who wants to think of hard, back breaking work as a good thing- it’s not our natural intuition to think “Manual labor, now that’s beautiful”. But lately I’ve been thinking what a wonderful blessing it is to put our hand to work, to hard difficult work. We have quite a few unfinished aspects to our almost finished house, so I know there’s a lot of work to be done as…
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The importance of creative outlets
I was recently talking with a more experienced mother who is on the brink of becoming an empty nester. I asked her what her advice would be for moms like me – in the thick of the little kid stage. She said “Just enjoy it.” I haven’t gotten the chance to stop and let that soak in. Enjoy it. There are countless things to enjoy and as I’ve journaled before, we don’t take the chance and often feel guilty…
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A Note on Happiness
I sit at the desk in the loft typing this with a half drank coffee, the flicker of a candle, & music in my headphones. Lately, I have been ruminating on this idea of happiness. Our culture shouts at you, telling you to make that the central reason you do anything. And while the Christian life is full of sacrifices and death to self, God does still desire us to enjoy life, to enjoy him. When a friend read…