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Quotes for the New Year
Happy New Year, everyone! I have been thinking about this pair of quotes from a sermon I attended last weekend, and they seem like a great way to start the new year. 1) “We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we know Who holds tomorrow.” The start of a new year always bring the promise…
What Others See in You
This blog was originally posted a few weeks ago on Inspire a Fire. See the original at www.inspireafire.com/others-see/. Sometimes friends teach me things about myself I never knew. Like apparently I talk with my hands way more than I realized. And I eat watermelon five times faster than any other food. (Keep this in mind…
Whipping up Conflict
Below is an excerpt from my latest Inspire a Fire post: “If anyone ever asks you, ‘What would Jesus do?’ Remind them that flipping over tables and chasing people with a whip is within the realm of possibilities.” I stumbled across this quote online, along with a picture of Jesus driving vendors from the temple.…
Waiting
I recently found myself in the midst of a possible house purchase. I don’t remember ever thinking, “Hey, I think I’m ready to go look for a house.” I just woke up one day and discovered I was already looking. Despite my years of happy renting, I was suddenly staring at a potential purchase. Exciting.…
Debt Free
I recently paid off my student loans. With submission of that last payment, I was – for the first time in (too many) years – debt free. You might think this would result in feelings of relief, elation, excitement, happiness… You’d be wrong. Instead I was plagued by sporadic moments of irrational panic. The moments were…
Come
Another of my posts recently made it onto another Christian devotional website. You can start reading and link to this post below! The best running advice I ever received was given to me before I became a runner. For years, I secretly dreamed of being a runner. I wanted to be one of those people…
Inspire a Fire
Exciting news! I was recently invited to become a monthly contributor to a popular Christian devotion website, Inspire a Fire. My first post was launched yesterday. Check it out at www.inspireafire.com/training. (And consider leaving a comment there to let the organizers know they did a good thing inviting me!) I am so thankful for this…
Today’s Question
“If Jesus had come to earth with the mission not of going to the cross, but to do your job, how would He do it?” It was a question posed at a recent luncheon I attended, and the ensuing conversation was thought provoking. What would Jesus do a little differently? A little better? Sometimes we forget that…
Easy
Wouldn’t it be great if it were easy? That’s what it said on the back of the cereal box. It said some other things too, but my eyes stopped right there. Wouldn’t it be great? Wouldn’t it be great if it were easy? I used my pocket knife to cut around the words, and then,…
Wild Trek
For many years now I have had this mental image from a favorite childhood book. I would think of it at odd times while lying in my dorm room, or in my first apartment, or in all the apartments that came after. It was an adventure novel of two men, braving the wilderness and struggling…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.