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When Things Don’t Go As Planned

Gwen Smith August 10, 2023Blog 458 Comments

Ants have been known to ruin a picnic or two, but a while back they messed up my beach time and flustered my heart.

Yeah. I know.

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One Bad Apple

Gwen Smith July 27, 2023Blog, Christian Living, Friendship, Holiness, Temptation, Wisdom 3 Comments

Who we hang out with is a big deal.

“One bad apple can spoil the bunch.” Remember that old saying? Well, I found out it’s actually true about apples!

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Delighting in God

Gwen Smith June 29, 2023Anxiety, Blog, Faith, Grace, Hope 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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When Your Heart Needs Healing

Gwen Smith June 22, 2023Blog 18 Comments

A friend of ours has struggled with heart problems for years. He’s gone through seasons of wellness and seasons of strain. Recently, his health challenges moved from the back burner to the front when his doctors recognized the need to operate.

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When the Storm Brings Fire

Gwen Smith June 15, 2023Blog 32 Comments

Thunder cracked the sky when a lightning bolt ripped through the roof of our home, igniting a fire that redefined our normal that night in 2017. The house snapped dark and shook.

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Stop Doubting Your Worth

Gwen Smith June 1, 2023Blog 10 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 the waters’ edge,

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Sometimes I Forget

Gwen Smith May 25, 2023Blog, Christian Living, Scripture 10 Comments

My daughter calls me Dory. She even gave me a small travel-sized tin for cotton swabs because Dory is on the lid. Think back to the adorable movie Finding Nemo.

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You’re Not Alone

Gwen Smith May 18, 2023Blog, Christian Living, Faith, Fear, Hope 16 Comments

While walking into the opening session of a conference, my husband’s cell phone rang. He answered the call, then as the emcee welcomed us to the weekend, Brad leaned over and whispered in my ear.

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A Deeper Grace

Gwen Smith May 11, 2023Blog, Christian Living 7 Comments

For years my abortion story went untold. It was a secret held tightly by a locked heart – my worst nightmare and darkest memory. Not something I wanted to talk about.

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