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FIVE: Half a Decade

Posted: 1st September 2010 by jenni in Chance, Faith, Family, Home, Life Experience, Motherhood

Today, my firstborn child is FIVE. I can’t believe it. He goes to school. He can write his name. He can read most 3-4 letter words. He can do math (as long as the numbers fit within his fingers). He can do cartwheels. He can shoot a gun (airsoft). He he can work an iPhone [...]

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The JustONE Virtual Conference for Pastors’ Wives and Women in Ministry starting soon. Here are the top 10 great things about JustONE. 10. You don’t have to arrange childcare … unless you count putting an episode of Dora on to help entertain. 9. It costs nothing … nada … zip … zero. Yep, it is totally free. [...]

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If I read this book 5 years ago, I may have never finished it. I would have been disgusted. I would have judged Serena. I would have said “grace costs more than that” I would have been completely uncomfortable with how many loose ends her story holds. However, today is a completely different story. Today, [...]

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The last two weeks have been heavy. I have received more private emails regarding Affair Week than public comments within the posts. I expected to get SOME due to the sensitivity of this subject… but the amount has been mind-blowing. There are SO many hurting people out there. So many of you feel you can’t [...]

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(… continued from…) The ‘threshing floor’ was the most painful place I’ve ever been, but I wouldn’t take it back. I hate what I did, but what happened in my spirit outweighs it. That’s where the ‘rejoicing in discipline’ comes in. If you’re being disciplined, then you did something wrong. The rejoicing is not in [...]

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My brave friend, Serena, has written a truly authentic and self-examining post here from the viewpoint of a woman who had an affair, had a baby, got a divorce & married the man she had an affair with. In my opinion, she’s truly one of the bravest women I know. Her story isn’t wrapped up [...]

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