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God, I failed.

October 12, 2012
God,  I need to admit something. Okay, what? Over the last few days as the reality of everything is starting to settle in I feel as if I have failed my children. How and why? I have been so focused on selfish prayers, my doubts, and worries that I have let go of pouring into them. Our daily Bible reading and prayer time with the kids has been inconsistent to say the least. You can’t beat yourself up. All you can do it start again. I know. Thank you for that! And I have to tell you I am so  ...

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God, did you REALLY just do that?

October 9, 2012
God, I have been quite for the last few days. I have wanted to shout “Praise God!” from the roof tops but I have just felt the need to be still and seek how to respond with the utmost humility. Honestly, I have been almost paralyzed wondering if it is all real. Did You really just put all the puzzle pieces together and provide a job in the perfect timing that our hearts desired? I did. I am in awe. Frozen. And slightly scared to move thinking I will wreck it all. But on the inside I am  ...

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God, I really wanted THAT lime.

October 4, 2012
God, I was picking limes off our tree that just overflows with sweet little green gems and there at the tippy top, smack in the center, was THE lime I wanted. It looked so perfect! But I couldn’t figure out how to reach it. I wasn’t tall enough even if I had gotten a ladder. Plus, the idea of being jabbed by all the thorns didn’t seem fun. So what did you do? Well I thought maybe if I got in the center of the tree, I could go from underneath it. In my mind, I should have been able to reach  ...

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God, it feels like 7th grade again.

September 20, 2012
7th grade Carey. Wow! I needed a brow wax. Hi God. Hi. I feel like I am in 7th grade all over again. What do you mean? I feel immature in my faith. I feel like I am praying like I did then. Explain. When I wake in the morning I feel like praying “God, if you will please, please, please give my husband a job today I will never ever do anything bad again!” Remember those days? Oh goodness. Of course I do. Let’s think about that. How did that style of praying work out for you then? Well  ...

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