Earning Grace

Grace. What a simple concept, yet incredibly intricate all at the same time. To be clear, when I talk about grace, I am referring to the unmerited favor of God. Key word there is “unmerited.” There is absolutely nothing I did to earn God’s grace. That is somewhat unsettling at first. If I had earned…

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The Dirt Road

Several years ago I was traveling with a group outside the US. It was near the end of our trip and this particular day we were traveling as we did quite frequently. We were in a few different vehicles basically caravanning to our next location. It was a normal day traveling abroad. The drive was…

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Life as a Royal

Life. Is. Beautiful. Much of the time life is hard. We are forced to make impossible choices that could possibly alter the rest of your life. We lose the ones we love in difficult situations. We are victims of our own choices, and those of others. We laugh, we cry, we struggle. Yet, despite all…

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With Love

With Love We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and days before that too. We think of you sometimes in silence, but we often speak your name. Now all we have is memories, and a picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake, with…

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Life Update June 2015

Thinking back to where my life was a year or eighteen months ago, I just have to laugh. So much has changed and I have experienced so much in that time frame. Since moving home in February, I have very much enjoyed this chapter of my life. I have been able to reconnect with old…

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