Category: Devotionals
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Lament: Part I
Image by Oliver Hale via Upsplash. We returned home after 11 long days of meetings, fellowship, and hotel mattresses, to a freezer full of maggots and rotting meat. I can’t even describe the horrific smell, but if you know, you know. Suddenly, it was as though my emotional levee broke. All of the stress I’d…
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Friday Is Good
For those less familiar with cross-cultural missions, it may be surprising to read that it is normal for missionaries to hit a very low point after being on the field between nine and eighteen months. By this time, the honeymoon phase has worn off, culture shock is peaking, the work you envisioned yourself doing faces…
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Mercy In the Mundane
Image by Neom via Upsplash Wake up early to get the fire started for breakfast and fill the hand-washing buckets. Cook breakfast and clean up the mess while my husband gets the boys dressed and ready. Spend the next several hours homeschooling the boys while my husband works. Finish hand sewing three throw pillow covers…
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Proverbs 31
Image by Karolina Grabowska via Pexels “Hey! Mzungu Mama of Twins!” I did not feel the need to correct the man shouting at me from across the street – my boys are just shy of 13 months apart. And if I’m honest, I kind of liked the title. I felt seen, in a way. It…
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The Parable of the Talents
Image by Pixabay via Pexels Recently, I’ve been mulling over the Parable of the Talents found in Matthew 25. I encourage you to take a moment and read it for yourself. In this story, we are told a master is leaving and entrusting three different servants with three different amounts of money – one talent,…
Joy From Fear 