31 Days of Prayer for Estranged Family & Friends

There are some things we can fix with our own hands.

We can mend a broken fence, replenish tired soil, prune an overgrown plant, and tend a struggling garden back to health.

But we cannot force another person’s heart to change.

Estrangement from a child, parent, sibling, other family member, or dear friend carries a unique kind of grief. We may long for another conversation, another chance to listen, an opportunity to apologize, or simply an open door where there has been silence.

Sometimes, after we have done all we know to do, the only thing left is to place that person into God’s hands.

That is why I created 31 Days of Prayer for Estranged Family & Friends: A Journey of Surrender, Healing, Forgiveness & Restoration.

Watch the series on YouTube.

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Bible Chat: Daily Devotionals

I just wanted to share the Bible Study app that I’ve been using… it is so inspirational and keeps me on track.

BIBLE CHAT

This morning’s message was a reminder that GOD always keeps HIS promises… not maybe, but HIS PROMISES are for certain!

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A Hobbit Day Celebration with Pictures

Our first Hobbit Day went well even though we had to postpone it once. We had planned to start with Breakfast at 7:00 on Saturday but we had overnight guests and a late night so it ended up being more like 7:45ish.


“Good morning! I’m not quite sure what you mean,” said Bilbo, “but my meaning was that I wish you a good morning, or rather, that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” – Bilbo Baggins


Mr. Awesome got up early and put some meat on the smoker. He put a couple of lamb quarters on too as those would be used for the pot roast later on.

Hobbit Day Menu Plan

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Is self-sufficiency possible?

I know there has been a lot of talk about self-sufficiency and I’ve even written about it a bit but can anyone truly be self-sufficient?

Screenshot from Bible Chat app
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It’s starting to feel like home…

The past couple of months have been so stressful. It started as a long-awaited master bathroom remodel that had to be put on hold due to an unexpected emergency with a family member. This emergency meant that we needed to focus on other areas of the house… things that we had planned to do in the future- after the bathroom.

Another project took over so that we could create another room in the house and it is finally finished. There are some touchups to complete and I know there will be some furniture changes in the future but it is finished for now… at least until after the upcoming baby shower.

I’ve been wanting to put a wall up between the breakfast area and the den for long time. I created a wall and separated the area in so many ways over the past few years that I felt confident that a wall would be beneficial. You can see some of the many ways that this space has changed HERE.

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