Faith Building
We are never without a need for continuing to build our faith. What can we do daily to strengthen our walk with God?
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Big Life Decisions
This could be my shortest post yet. I wrote awhile back about our change of plans for our Trophy Travel Trailer and promised to circle back with a post on some of the big decisions that Warren and I have made and why we made those decisions and why we don’t shy away from changing our minds and plans, sometimes often. I wrote the post. And then I deleted the post. It came off weird. A little too preachy and a lot too prideful. I wrote about some of our biggest decisions and filled the post with justifications, talk of no regrets, and blah, blah, blah. I hated it, so…
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Making Time; An Update
Last year, I wrote a post about making time for God (you can read it here). And now for an update. I wrote about learning to cut myself some slack about the daily time I dedicated solely to my relationship with God. About how I had learned it was okay to make time whenever I was able to do so during my day. But I also wrote about a coming transition that I was expecting to take place. And it happened! Making the Commitment I made a commitment. I know I grow as I deepen my relationship with Him and through that growth, I also know I thrive. And so…
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Loving You Tommy Lou; Me and My Mom
Tommy Lou. That’s my mom. That’s the name she went by with family and friends from her youth. But for her adult life, she went by Tommy. The traditional boy’s spelling mind you, no girly “ie” or “i” on the end! It’s Time Recently, I was struck with a desire to write something about my mom. Her passing in June of 2016 was well over 3 years ago now, so I suppose it was just time to do this. And it’s not so much a tribute specifically to my mom as it is a tribute to our relationship, or more appropriately, our relationships. So here goes. Why Is It? My…
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What’s Next and “What a Year”?
Whew, it’s been a year (as in the last 12 months)! A year of so many changes and so much growth and now it’s time for even more change and more growth! And I’m ready for it; in fact I’m craving it and what an amazing feeling. Not knowing exactly what’s next and where God will lead me, but knowing that He’s got a plan and I am ready for the journey! I am currently without a business/career, without a church to call home (too much detail to get into here), but not without hope for my future! What’s Next; I Should Know! It’s so weird for someone like me…
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Seriously, You Need a Day Off!
Taking A Real Day-Off Keeping Sabbath. What? Okay, we need to get real about taking time off from our highly impacted lives. We’re all running around like crazy people with full calendars and never enough time in the day and it really does have to stop! The level of stress and busyness in one’s day is not to be worn as a badge of honor. Honestly, have you noticed how often conversations revolve around how busy we are? We all need time out to just be still, to move closer to God, or to experience something life-giving without any other distractions like our normal day-to-day activities that keep us so…
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Making Time, Any Time
I Struggle with Making Time And that’s really bad because what I struggle with is making time for God, and that is inexcusable. God had no problem making time for me when He sent His only son to earth to save me! And He has no problem making time for me each and every day, hour, minute, and second of my life. Because He is always with me; I’m just not always with Him and that really does need to change. And it is changing, albeit rather slowly. You see I know in my mind that making time for God should be my utmost priority. And I need to be…
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Money Matters; The “T” Word!
Just a little over a year ago, Warren and I signed up to attend a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University (FPU) course offered through our church. It was life-changing and I’m not even exaggerating. I’m the designated bill payer in our family and managing our finances was always, let’s just say an “issue” for me. We are small business owners and our income has always been incredibly irregular. There’s no Medication for This Type of Irregularity Needless to say, Warren and I have had many a conversation about this irregularity. I was constantly asking how much we still had outstanding in accounts receivable so I could then guess how much…
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Why FaithSpun
So why FaithSpun; why did I begin this new blog? Because from every ending comes a new beginning! In my last post, I shared with you that we had decided to close our rentals business. Along with the rentals, we had plans of someday expanding the Yours brand to a retail space. I envisioned a space that included room for both retail and warehouse space for the rentals. Under the “Yours…” heading we could run the rentals business and sell local artisan products for the home and personal care, hence the “for your day, home, life” reference. We had created the Yours For Your website to house all blog posts…
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Yours No More
I’m supposed to be sad. I’m supposed to be embarrassed. I’m supposed to be disappointed. But what I am is nothing short of relieved! We recently made the decision to close our Yours For Your Day rentals business. We started the business back in 2014 and had big plans to grow it to a very large business that we could someday sell to help fund our retirement plans. We dreamed about having the day-to-day operations run by capable hired hands so that we could just focus on the big picture and I could jump in and act as buyer when there was a need for new inventory (because hey, that…
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Nothing to Prove: You’re Not Enough – But Jesus Is!
Nothing to Prove Jennie Allen, the author of Nothing to Prove, is described as a recovering achiever and man that’s what I want to be too! Can you imagine being okay with not being enough. To realize that God is everything and that you alone will always fall short, and that’s okay? To stop the never-ending cycle of feeling like you have to prove yourself to everyone? To let go of everything you drag around with you day-to-day in an effort to please others? to please God? It’s about the journey with God and how we all need to stop trying so hard on our own to please God and…
