Redefining a Healthy Body {Guest Post}

There were days when the best I could do was make my own coffee and walk to the mailbox. On those days, I learned to worship God and serve him with the smallest bits of energy I had. Those were days of training. Not training for a marathon. I'll tell you straight up, this body will never run a marathon. No, those days were training for days when I would have more energy, more health. I learned to steward my body for kingdom work. No matter how broken, my body will always be good enough for the work God has prepared for me. Today, I have the privilege of sharing how God gave me a new perspective on my healthy body at (in)courage.

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Hope Eternal

God is at work, even in the Nesting stage of motherhood.  He has not forgotten you.  You are not stuck in a repeat cycle of snotty noses and dirty diapers for eternity.  Ok, so you’ll be here for a while, but not forever.   Keep from being an “eternity amnesiac” by keeping your focus farther down the road. Hope looks farther down the road.

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21 Days of Prayer for Your Friend with Cancer + printable

What do you do when you want (shall I say “need”) to support a friend? What if you aren’t close enough to do the do-ing things you long to do?

I wrote out 21 Bible verses that I will pray for my friend with cancer, one verse for each day she is gone at a treatment center. Want the list? I’m sharing it so you can join me. Or use it to pray for other friends.

Let’s lift up these words of promise to the One who love us best and first.

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