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Happy Valentine’s Day!

by gidget faith

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so [...]

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TOMS Shoes: One for One

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Can I just say… yes, please! You may have noticed TOMS Shoes as one of my recommendations over in my sidebar. Well, they are absolutely my favorite shoe company. And I think their new wedge is pretty much the cutest  shoe ever. {Hello, peep-toe, I love you!} For everyday shoe-wearing, I currently live in either my [...]

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Día de Pascua

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Happy Resurrection Day! We had a lovely morning yesterday at our church‘s sunrise service at the beautiful Carlsbad Flower Fields, abloom with colorful ranunculous flowers. I wrote this yesterday but didn’t have a chance to publish amidst all the good food and family time (and baseball!)… I loved the connection our pastor made today with [...]

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His Kingdom vs. The World

by gidget adoption

Wow. I just came across an amazing post I had to share. I think I found it via someone on Twitter, but I’m not even sure now. Please go read it, and then I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. I absolutely love how she makes a distinction between happiness and contentment, because I [...]

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12 Pearls of Christmas: He is Always Enough

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This post is part of a blog tour series from LitFuse Publicity and Pearl Girls. Every day I will be featuring daily inspirational stories, from now until Christmas, all written by guest authors. Christmas in a Barn by Mary DeMuth The Christmas of 2006 we were homeless. We didn’t have keys. Not to a car, [...]

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12 Pearls of Christmas: Jesus Comforts

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This post is part of a blog tour series from LitFuse Publicity and Pearl Girls. Every day I will be featuring daily inspirational stories, from now until Christmas, all written by guest authors. How to Cope with Christmas by Stacie Ruth Stoelting Last night, I dreamed that God resurrected my beautiful adopted aunt, Mary Jo [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Celebrating Advent

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Celebrating Advent Advent is the term that is used to refer to the Christmas season, a season of hope and anticipation, as we await the celebration of the birth of our Savior. There are many ways to celebrate Advent, all of which help focus our thoughts on Jesus rather than the hustle and bustle of [...]

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The Powerful Testimony of a Redeemed Life

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A couple of weeks ago, my brother got a phone call from an old friend that wanted to meet up. He and his wife conceded to meet for dinner, knowing full well how awkward it would be. You see, my brother is a very different person than he was back when he was actively friends [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 3

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Did you miss Part 1 & Part 2 of Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto Series? Summary/Review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben This short book is packed with information! I want to just give an overview here– the book is such quick read that you’d do better to just read it yourself than for me to [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

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Did you miss Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto, Part 1? When a family close to us decided to stop giving/receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in a way, disappointed. Especially me, as my #1 Love Language is definitely Gifts (which means I like receiving, but [...]

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