Yesterday is a Memory, Tomorrow a Mirage
A Blessing for Loving What Is (instead of what could have been…) by Kate Bowler in Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Blessed are you who are attempting to love what is here, what is now. You who recognize the wonder and pain looking at life’s rearview mirror, at those things that are…
Read MoreA Survival Box of Ideas to Make Your Transition to a New Home Easier
Practical suggestions to help you adjust to life in a new community, from Susan Miller, author of After the Boxes Are Unpacked Keep a journal. Putting your thoughts and feelings on paper will be healing for you. Months from now, it will be good to look back and see where you were and the progress…
Read MoreHeads Carolina, Tails Arizona
God is with you wherever you move by Joy K. Ball I was sitting in traffic mentally rehearsing my very long “to-do” list and feeling completely overwhelmed. We were preparing for our second cross-country move in six years—this time from Arizona “back home” to North Carolina. I squinted as the sun blazed its path across…
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