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God Opens and Closes Doors

This past week has been an emotional roller coaster, to say the least. But there's one thing that has stuck out with every up and down. There's one thing I can't get out of my head. A big part of Faith is trusting that God will open and close doors for us. We feel lead to certain things, we feel empowered by different things, we feel pulled in multiple directions and just overall certainty about specific things. But our Faith steps into play when we feel sure that God has placed us where He wants us. When we're positive that God has opened up a door, an opportunity, for us to flourish and do His work there. This can be a tricky subject, because there are times we pray and pray and hope for our own interests to come to fruition, only to be torn when it doesn't happen. When we reach out so much time and effort into trying to obtain worldly things, such as homes, cars, jobs, and material objects. We can lose sight of where God is trying to use us. We can even get MAD a...

Hello 2019!

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2019! It's a New Year. We all get 365 days to make the most out of this calendar year. It's hard to imagine how fast it goes by, but it's so true that it does. We've got to make the most out of each and every second of our days to really "make it count". I know personally, time didn't start flying by until I had kids. But now every time I look up, one of the 4 is having a Birthday and another calendar year has slipped past us. The years are filled with holidays, to-do's, birthday's, vacations, and by the time you fit in work and school to the mix, that's your year. So making the most out of each day is important, especially if so many will be gone before you even know it. But what does that mean? Making the most out of it? Well, each person's idea of it is different. But as a wife and mom, for me it means being present. It means building in time for the kids to be kids and enjoy themselves, and to build in time as a couple with my husba...