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from mud to mercy: {from mud to mercy}
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From mud to mercy}. Today I knelt by a black plastic horse trough filled with grace from a garden hose. This one whom I had just met a few months ago came toward me. Her loose fitting jump suit not fitting an occasion such as this, but it is the only garment she has. No robe of white for her baptism. No heated baptistery. Just a striped jump suit, cold water, and grace. 8220;Jesus loves you so much, my friend. He loves you with everything. But those names have stories. 8220;Are you ready, sister? And the...
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from mud to mercy: October 2012
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I answered the phone knowing what he would say. I found Lily" and then, voice cracking, "she's gone.". Details, question- where, how, are you sure? How does she look? Can Tali see her? What should I do? I will have her on the back deck, Tali can see her.". The walk to Tali's room filled with prayer. And she knew the minute she saw my face. She had just been helping her daddy look for her Lily, he had just sent her inside. No Mommy, no.". That's a daddy's heart. As I stood there in the cool of the night w...
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from mud to mercy: lightbearers
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Lightbearers Women's Conference is a free conference held annually at North Knox High School in Bicknell, Indiana. We have had the tremendous blessing of ministering to hundreds of women right here in rural Indiana, equipping and empowering them to bear the light of Christ in their homes, community, and world. God continues to be faithful in growing this ministry, and we are excitedly anticipating the next steps in this journey as we seek out 501(c)3 designation! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am a photog...
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from mud to mercy: {I was a prisoner and you came to me}
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I was a prisoner and you came to me}. I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you. Gave me drink,. I was a stranger and you welcomed me,. I was naked and you clothed me,. I was sick and you. I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you? My friends a...
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from mud to mercy: happy birthday, to the little girl who changed my life...
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Happy birthday, to the little girl who changed my life. I also remember the look on the doctor’s face. Concern. He quickly responded that it did not have to be a big deal, but that really, we should be doing prenatal visits by now. Let’s look a little closer. An ultrasound later, my mind was spinning with new terminology, a diagnoses, prescriptions…. 8230; what was wrong with me. That I couldn’t have a baby? What had I done? And I was going it alone. Of course Jim was there (he was necessary to the p...
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from mud to mercy: September 2014
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The space in between}. I don’t know how to do this. I don’t know how to parent a teenager. I don’t know how to move from helicopter mom to teaching my daughter how to fly. I don’t know how to navigate this space in between child and adult. I don’t know how to do this. When they are little, when we see them running faster than their little legs are equipped to keep up with we can stop them. We can yell ahead “Don’t run! You’ll skin your knees! Sometimes we learn our best lessons from the skinned knees.
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from mud to mercy: {when you miss your dad}
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When you miss your dad}. In ways unimaginable to most families. We laughed. A LOT. Once, we were on our way to family church camp, and the hood flew up on the bus completing obstructing the windshield. Everyone on that bus remembers with laughter how he stuck his head out the window and calmly guided us to the side of the road, hopped out, tied the hood down with a rope, and then got back in- all without breaking a sweat. That is the super-hero daddy that I knew. Could I have sat any closer to him? Maybe...
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from mud to mercy: a daddy's love
http://beckyboyles.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-daddys-love.html
I answered the phone knowing what he would say. I found Lily" and then, voice cracking, "she's gone.". Details, question- where, how, are you sure? How does she look? Can Tali see her? What should I do? I will have her on the back deck, Tali can see her.". The walk to Tali's room filled with prayer. And she knew the minute she saw my face. She had just been helping her daddy look for her Lily, he had just sent her inside. No Mommy, no.". That's a daddy's heart. As I stood there in the cool of the night w...
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from mud to mercy: and then He said YES.
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And then He said YES. Scripture tells us to take all of our requests to God, and that if we are praying according to His will, we will have what we have asked of Him. So often we take that scripture and twist God into some sort of genie in a bottle… granting wishes and desires just because. But that’s not who our God is. He is a wise Father who knows what is best. For us. He knows the beginning from the end. And sometimes, His answer is no. Sometimes the thing we ask is not. BIG mistakes were made].
