Blog - Gwen Smith

Calming the Chaos

Gwen Smith November 24, 2020 Abiding, Christian Living, Focus, Life Clutter, Maturity, Peace, Perspective, Prayer, Priorities 18 Comments

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was to twirl in the grass. With arms out-stretched, I’d spin around and around until I was silly-dizzy,

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Making Redemption Personal

Gwen Smith November 17, 2020 Broken into Beautiful, Devotions, Forgiveness, Freedom, Grace, Grief, Healing, Knowing God by Name, Peace, Salvation, Trials, Trusting God, Worship Leave a Comment

God can restore any life. It’s true. I say this with confidence because I’m a girl who’s experienced His restoration in deeply personal ways.

When I was in college,

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A Great Question to Ask

Gwen Smith November 10, 2020 Blog, Christian Living, Confession, Maturity, Priorities, Wisdom 3 Comments

My husband and I recently started a new business. While our optimism is high, the days have been long, and the learning curve has been brutal. We’re still a ways away from the business being the well-oiled machine we’d like it to be,

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Loving Like Jesus

Gwen Smith November 3, 2020 Blog, Christian Living, Friendship, Grace, Love 1 Comment

You would think she had just won the lottery the way she was screaming and jumping up in down. In fact, to her she practically had! She’d found her lovey and wanted everyone within hearing distance to celebrate with her.

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Keep Calm and Sparkle On

Gwen Smith October 27, 2020 Anger, Blog, Christian Living, Confession, contentment, Gratitude, Maturity, Parenting, Perspective, Priorities, Royalty, Uncategorized, Worship 1 Comment

My friend Ellen is a preschool teacher who regularly contends with entitled toddlers and privileged preschoolers who know how to major on some minors and throw down some serious tantrums.

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Caught Between Trust and Worry

Gwen Smith October 20, 2020 Anxiety, Blog, Christian Living, Control, courage, Faith, Fear, Motivation, Parenting, Peace, Perspective, Trials, Trusting God 2 Comments

The prophet Isaiah said, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor is his ear to dull to hear.” (Isaiah 59:1) Though I know in my heart this is true,

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True Prosperity

Gwen Smith October 13, 2020 Blog, Christian Living, contentment, Holiness, Maturity, Perspective, Priorities, Scripture, Trials, Trusting God, Worship 3 Comments

God wants you to prosper. The Bible makes it clear. But sometimes He goes about blessing His children in surprising ways.

Case in point…

My husband Brad and I were the poster kids for financial stewardship.

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Stop Doubting Your Worth

Gwen Smith October 6, 2020 Blog, Value, Worth 51 Comments

It’s common for us to doubt our value and significance. Yet, in Psalm 144 David is struck by the mind-blowing reality that the God of all creation, the One who bids billions of stars to shine in the heavens and commands the powerful waves of the oceans to stop at waters’ edge,

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Delighting in God

Gwen Smith September 29, 2020 Abiding, Blog, Christian Living, contentment, Control, Devotions, Faith, Fear, Focus, I Want It All, Influence, Maturity, Worship 6 Comments

In C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia series, a young Edmund Pevensie is a fictional character who, at one point, almost traded his soul for a Turkish delight.

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