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Waves of Feelings
Like waves, our feelings can often overwhelm us. They can come so quickly, so unexpectedly that we are washed under in seconds flat-...
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Mar 11, 20222 min read
Surrender the Need for Control
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12 NIV). When chaos comes, when it surrounds and consumes us,...
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Jan 24, 20222 min read
Bravely Embracing 2022
I’ve never been one to set resolutions for the New Year or pick a word for the year. But, I do always find myself feeling energized,...
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Jodi
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Advent. The Season of Waiting. The Season of Hope.
Advent. The Season of Waiting. The Season of HOPE, Peace, Joy, and Love. *** In recent years, I have not been attracted to the idea of...
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Jodi
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Tough Love
Love doesn’t always look pretty, romantic, or endearing. *** Love is often difficult, uncomfortable, and messy. *** When we enforce...
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Oct 20, 20212 min read
Be Curious, Not Judgmental
I am 99.9% certain that I am not the only Ted Lasso lover in this community. I quoted him last week on an IGTV where I continued to speak...
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Jodi
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Ask. Seek. Knock
Matthew 7:7-11 (NIV) “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who...
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Jodi
Aug 29, 20213 min read
A House Built on His Word, His Wisdom
Proverbs 24:3-4- By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with...
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Jodi
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Rotting Roots
My Mandevilla plant is not thriving like the one I had last summer. I’ve watered more, I’ve watered less, I’ve dead-headed, pruned,...
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Jodi
Jul 22, 20212 min read
Rooted in God's Love
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out...
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Jodi
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Beautiful Blooms Come in Patience, Persistence, and His Perfect Timing
I am proud to say that I have been patiently waiting for these beauties to burst. Why am I proud? Well, first off, I’m not a patient...
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Jodi
Apr 7, 20214 min read
Identify your Idols
Idols consume us. They eat away our time, our thoughts, our hearts, our imaginations. Very stealthily, idols tempt us, attract us, draw...
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Jodi
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Holy Week
We are slowly but steadily walking away from a year of loss, devastation, lament, and fear of the unknown. And now, we are embracing a...
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Jodi
Feb 14, 20212 min read
No Greater Love
I have been fortunate enough in this life to have been gifted an abundance of love. I have loved and been loved so hard and so deeply by...
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Jodi
Jan 15, 20211 min read
Fresh New Day
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. (Luke 5:38) God’s love is not fresh, it is not new, it is not different. His relentless,...
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Jodi
Jan 15, 20213 min read
New Me
I have never been one to set a New Year’s resolution or pick a word for the New Year, but I do like the idea of setting intentions. I set...
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Jodi
Nov 28, 20208 min read
Spoonfuls of Sugar
Thanksgiving. Grateful. Gratitude. Appreciation. We’re coming off of a week where these are words that have been resonating in our ears...
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Jodi
Nov 9, 20202 min read
Seasons of Change
There is nothing more stable, more consistent, or more reliable than change. Seasons come and seasons go, but God walks right beside us...
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Jodi
Oct 11, 20204 min read
Less is More
Less is more. Less makeup. More natural beauty. Less planning. More enjoyment of the present. Less clutter. More space to relax. Less...
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Jodi
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Favorite Faith Filled Authors
Jodi’s Favorite Faith Filled Authors- Books, Podcasts, and Free Apps Max Lucado He Chose the Nails https://www.amazon.com/He-Chose-Nails-...
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