Calming the Chaos

Gwen Smith November 24, 2020 Abiding, Christian Living, Focus, Life Clutter, Maturity, Peace, Perspective, Prayer, Priorities 56 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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Deeply Rooted

Gwen Smith September 22, 2020 Blog, Christian Living, Faith, Gratitude, Life Clutter, Maturity, Peace, Perspective, Trials, Trusting God 25 Comments

A nasty storm had blown through. Lots of thunder and lightning. Buckets of wetness. The Twitter feed from our local fire department alerted us to the dangers of high winds and encouraged the community to hunker down at home until the storm passed.

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Gaining a Fresh Perspective

Gwen Smith March 31, 2020 Beauty, Blog, Confession, contentment, Encouragement, Life Clutter, Perspective, Trials, Trusting God 6 Comments

My husband, Brad, and I celebrated 20 years of marriage by taking a trip to several cities, far away. We planned our days and painstakingly plotted touring strategies in order to see the sites,

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Hush Your Rush

Gwen Smith February 25, 2020 Blog, Christian Living, Encouragement, Life Clutter, Relationships 6 Comments

God used a crock-pot that day.

Not mine – hers.

Her: the casual friend I ran into at the grocery store who looked put together on the outside but was pulled apart on the inside by a heart-wound that dripped of fear,

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More Strength Less Stress, Please!

Gwen Smith September 24, 2019 Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Life Clutter, Prayer, Trusting God, Worship 3 Comments

There is a scene in the whimsical and quirky film The Princess Bride in which some bad guys were chasing the movie’s two main characters, Buttercup and Wesley.

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Lose The Less-Than Love

Gwen Smith May 28, 2019 Blog, Life Clutter, Priorities, Worship, Worship 83 Comments

WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOUR FAITH WAS MOST VIBRANT?

I watched a movie about the end times that left me longing for a few answers.

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Do I Really Have To?

Gwen Smith May 22, 2018 Blog, Confession, Holiness, Humility, Life Clutter, Trials 50 Comments

Sometimes doing the right thing is hard.

Case in point…

My husband asked if I could run to pick up his dry cleaning while he was on a conference call for work.

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Don’t Miss The Beautiful

Gwen Smith December 5, 2017 Beauty, Blog, Christian Living, Confession, Devotions, Life Clutter, Priorities, Worship 9 Comments

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. (Hebrews 12:2a, NIV)

A few years ago I was invited to speak and sing in Tennessee at a women’s event.

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Do We Have It All Wrong?

Gwen Smith November 28, 2017 Blog, Christian Living, Confession, Faith, Grace, Life Clutter, Priorities 38 Comments

I once listened to a talk on the foundations of contemporary discipleship given by scholar and apologist Ravi Zacharias. Toward the end of his lecture,

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