Do You Have Friends Like These?

Gwen Smith October 24, 2017Blog, Friendship, Strength, Uncategorized 28 Comments

After the Lord had delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt they spent 40 years in the desert. During that time God provided for them both miraculously and practically.

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The Cure For Restlessness

Gwen Smith February 14, 2017Blog, Control, Encouragement, Faith, Holiness, Strength, Temptation, Trials 44 Comments

It’s recorded in the book of Genesis that at the dawn of creation God made the heavens and the earth, separated light from darkness, and that everything was good.

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Finding Strength for Your Struggle

Gwen Smith October 25, 2016Blog, Encouragement, Faith, Strength, Trusting God 9 Comments

Moses faced complicated challenges and circumstances.

Born in a time when he, as a Hebrew baby, was supposed to have been killed,

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Prioritize THIS Above Your List

Gwen Smith October 18, 2016Blog, 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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Permission to Feel Your Feelings

Gwen Smith April 1, 2016Blog, Encouragement, Grief, Healing, Sorrow, Strength, Trials, Trusting God 107 Comments

Today is my dad’s first birthday in heaven. He would’ve been 71. {I’m happy for him. Sad for me.}

In a few weeks my son will don a high school cap and gown and will leave late this summer for a grand new adventure in college.

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How Can Science Strengthen Your Faith?

Gwen Smith October 23, 2015Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Prayer, Strength 147 Comments

Sir Isaac Newton wrote a book that was published in 1687 called The Principia: Mathematical Principle of Natural Philosophy. In this book,

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The Broken Way

Gwen Smith October 13, 2015Blog, Devotions, Encouragement, Fear, Freedom, Healing, Sorrow, Strength, Trusting God, Worry 4 Comments

While at a football game of my son Preston’s, I had a moving conversation with another team mom. It was the first time we’d ever dialogued beyond socially expected niceties.

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Reaching for the Real

Gwen Smith September 29, 2015Blog, Christian Living, Devotions, Encouragement, Strength, Worship, Worship 18 Comments

The mug in my hand was filled with warm, dark roasted incentive. I cozied in on my favorite couch corner, breathing in the quiet. Settling my heart before the all-loving One,

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God Make You Mighty, Girlfriend!

Gwen Smith December 22, 2014Beauty, Blog, Encouragement, Fear, Forgiveness, Freedom, Friendship, God's Promises, Grace, Strength, Worship 39 Comments

The Family Life Today radio show once featured an author named Ace Collins who wrote a historical book about Christmas carols.

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