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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Lunch with God--part 2
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, May 22, 2014. Lunch with God- part 2. Seated at a wooden table near a large picture window, I watched the cotton-white clouds float over a stunning blue sky. A large tree in the field behind the building was just sprouting its leafy buds and a sea of greens in the far background finished off the picturesque view. Beautiful. 8220;Glad you like it! Soon my meal arrived in its artistic deliciousness.
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Smoke Break
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Saturday, August 16, 2014. Today, I watched as an employee at a local retail store took a well-deserved smoke break on a bench just outside the front doors. She was disengaged from the busyness around her, enjoying the breezy afternoon with just enough sun to be comfortable. With each puff, she seemed to take in a dose of stillness. She seemed so… calm. People smoked, and I certainly wanted to be cool.
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Sunrise at the Beach
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Sunrise at the Beach. It was the last day of the 16th birthday bash for my daughter and her two friends. This was the second year of their tradition to go away together to celebrate. Last year, they went to a cabin house in the woods, but this year’s setting was the Jersey shore. A perfect ending to a perfect weekend would be to see the sun rise on the beach.
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Fastnacht Traditions
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Eating fastnacht at the end of the evening. Why? Because my grandmother made them. These weren’t your typical doughnuts found at Dunkin’, though. Authentic German doughnuts made the traditional way didn’t come easily. The time, effort and love blended into the delectable treats were not only food for our bodies, but food for our souls. Step 1: The recipe. Step 2: Knead the dough.
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Slowdown and Slurpees
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, June 5, 2014. Ahhh The first week of June and summer is not only on the calendar for this month, but on my mind. There’s something about switching to June that reminds me to Slow. Down. Whatever happened to the “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer? No more lazy, hazy or crazy allowed. All it takes is a slight touch on a phone and voila! Life is booked. Overbooked, in fact. View my complete profile.
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Pound Cake Prayers
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, July 3, 2014. In my prayers the other day, I started by asking God for help in managing my food choices. Again. God can and will help me with this, I know. I’m using food as a drug to avoid difficult emotions. Yes, I’m aware of this. Yes, I still do it. And so I pray again. Its secrets to baked perfection elude me. I heard it suggested to sit still long enough as if a butterfly could land on my s...
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: God's Word at Christmas
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, December 18, 2014. God's Word at Christmas. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. I still remember chanting this line during my elementary school years. Interesting defense, but it doesn’t work. It’s a lie. Words can also heal. Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, a man name Isaiah prophesied the first Christmas. Imagine that. GOD. 8220;So they hurried off and fou...
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Gain Faith, Lose Weight: Summertime Gifts
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Striving to increase my faith each day, a little at a time, and lose the things that weigh me down. Thursday, June 19, 2014. My daughter loved to try new things and didn’t mind getting messy or wet. She’d spend hours on extra-large sidewalk drawings evidencing the colorful world in her imagination. The toughest thing to juggle then was figuring out how to get my house chores done, too. 8221; This is a new way to get house chores done, I’ve learned. How do you set up a sense of structure for your summer?
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