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Embracing The Distaff Side • Everyday Life • Marriage • Writing

How to Love Your Husband

June 24, 2015April 11, 2020Mary Jo1 Comment on How to Love Your Husband

Psalm 19
1
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
3
There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not…

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Embracing The Distaff Side • Everyday Life • Family • Parenting

Windbreak

May 25, 2014July 6, 2020Mary Jo3 Comments on Windbreak

Praying for my kids isn’t a little thing I do in the evenings before bedtime.

Praying for my kids isn’t a ritual around the table.

Praying for my kids isn’t a part time practice, spurred by anything that looks like habit or tradition.

Praying f…

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Church • Embracing The Distaff Side • Family • Marriage • Parenting • Women's Ministry

Moms Are Amazing

May 8, 2014July 6, 2020Mary Jo1 Comment on Moms Are Amazing

I know that title may sound a little like I’m tooting my own horn…because I’m a mom too…but I am really thinking of the moms I’ve observed over the years, mostly those who’ve walked the path ahead of me and seemed to navigate the snap back curves a…

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Embracing The Distaff Side • Everyday Life • Family • Marriage • Parenting • Women's Ministry • Writing

This is My Story

March 31, 2014July 6, 2020Mary Jo1 Comment on This is My Story

Blessed Assurance: Jesus is Mine.

I knew the words, but the assurance took some years to master. Jesus was always mine, but knowing how much I could have was a clouded sky.

Oh what a foretaste of glory divine.

Setting foot outside the door o…

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When You Can

February 4, 2014July 6, 2020Mary Jo16 Comments on When You Can

I held her hand for a little while. I sat beside her, hugged her a bit, kissed her cheek and let go a few tears beside her wheel chair.

I half whispered half shouted the words I needed to say. “You have been an important part of my life. You taugh…

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Uprooted

May 20, 2010Mary JoLeave a Comment on Uprooted

I have the privilege of having a heritage that has allowed me to draw from a well of honorable spiritual examples. I have the pleasure of recounting a wealth of wisdom and common sense passed down through tradition and practice from well respected men a…

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