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Hurry Up and Wait

Gwen Smith November 7, 2017 Blog, Healing, Life Clutter, Peace, Sorrow, Strength, Trials, Trusting God 56 Comments

Thunder cracked the sky when a lightning bolt ripped through the roof of our home, igniting a fire that redefined our normal that Tuesday night in March.

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GIVEAWAY: Overwhelmed

Gwen Smith January 13, 2017 Blog, Giveaways, Life Clutter, Priorities 142 Comments

HAPPY FRIDAY!!! {Doesn’t that have a glorious ring to it?!}

I’m super excited because it’s GIVEAWAY DAY!! As you know, we mix it up a few Fridays each month by featuring a guest post from one of my awesome ministry friends …

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Prioritize THIS Above Your List

Gwen Smith October 18, 2016 Blog, Christian Living, Fear, Life Clutter, Prayer, Priorities, Strength, Wisdom, Worship 7 Comments

Many of us check off neatly penciled boxes. Some draw lines through the tasks we’ve finished. A select few of us even add things to our lists after we’ve done something that wasn’t on our list … so we can mark it off!

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About That Whole Control Thing

Gwen Smith August 9, 2016 Beauty, Blog, Christian Living, Confession, Control, Devotions, Encouragement, Fear, Holy Spirit, Life Clutter, Trusting God, Wisdom 475 Comments

I had been out of town at an event. Gone just one night. While I was away, my then eight-year-old daughter, Kennedy, had spent the night at her girlfriend Catherine’s house.

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An Uncluttered Woman

Gwen Smith March 22, 2016 Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Forgiveness, Friendship, Grace, Life Clutter, Prayer, Worship 102 Comments

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was to twirl in the grass. With arms out stretched,

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Finding Strength in Life’s Firestorms

Gwen Smith October 9, 2015 Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Life Clutter, Prayer, Trusting God, Worship 9 Comments

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

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When God’s Agenda Trumps Yours

Gwen Smith February 27, 2015 Blog, Control, Devotions, Encouragement, Fear, Freedom, Friendship, Grace, Holy Spirit, Life Clutter, Love, Priorities, Trusting God 26 Comments

God used a crockpot 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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