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Do Not Call List

September 17, 2014 by Sharita

You might have noticed that in this current season, Wednesdays are my days to work toward some super-awesome God-sized dreams. So here is a blast from the past straight from the archives. Enjoy, dear friends… and thanks for the grace.

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Beep, beep.

“Oh, hang on, just a second, I’ve got another call coming in… It’s a number I don’t recognize, I better take this.”

I am thankful that we live in a era of caller ID. However, it is completely against my army wife heart to ever ignore calls from “unknown numbers” or a random call from someone other than in my phonebook… especially when my beloved and I are separated by duty. I never know what time of day he might call, on what line and what the number looks might look like. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: loyalty Tagged With: conversation, do not call, phone, prayer, telemarketers

Video Blog: Hitting the Mark

September 16, 2014 by Sharita

We all live for something.

Hopefully, that “something” is God. But sometimes, we get a little bit distracted.

It is rarely intentional and happens over time. Then one day, hypothetically speaking, we are supposed to go for an 11-mile run and Jesus says WHOA.

Totally hypothetical, of course.

Without our knowledge, we have somehow let our compass drift and are a bit off target.

If you find yourself in this place, don’t despair– God will get us there. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: obedience Tagged With: aim, life, mark, obedience, sin, target

A Walk Through the Parables: The Narrow Way

September 15, 2014 by Sharita

My daughter has a knack for squeezing into places she shouldn’t.

She climbs under our kitchen chair then freaks out when she gets “trapped” between the four legs.

She squishes between the desk and file cabinet, then squalls for help when she tries to exit a different way.

She attempts to dismount a chair through the back and then hollers when her head won’t fit through without turning it a specific direction.

There are a lot of tight, narrow spots that she can get stuck… And believe it or not, us adults can get stuck too.

Not in narrow places, but in the wide, open spaces of complacency and procrastination. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: A Walk Through the Parables Tagged With: choice, heaven, hope, life, narrow door, parable, path

Why We Need Sticky Moments

September 11, 2014 by Sharita

Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!

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The following post will probably involve awkward and TMI (too much information) moments.

So read at your own risk.

To catch you all up, there are a few things you need to know:

1. This year is the year I learn how to run.

2. Buying workout gear is fun… yet not cheap. (Hello, Goodwill!)

3. Genetics (and Jesus) made me one of the most “pear-shaped” people on the planet. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: challenge, fitness Tagged With: challenge, cling, faith, God, sticky, trial

In the Bottom of Your Sink

September 10, 2014 by Sharita

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Who would you say that your everyday hero is?

Perhaps it is your spouse. A parent. A child. A mentor. Maybe it’s the law enforcement officers or firefighters or soldiers (or maybe if you are like me, it is your soldier spouse…)

In addition to those awesome hero’s listed above, my hero is any person who had the courage to clean out the drain in the bottom of the kitchen sink. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Clean Tagged With: clogged, flow, freedom, heart, repent, sink

From Question Marks to Fulfilled Hearts

September 9, 2014 by Sharita

Why, God?!? WHY?!?

I can’t even imagine how many times a day this question is uttered to God from his Beloved followers throughout the world each day.

When our world is full of sorrow, sadness and trial… Suicide, homicide, genocide, crime, treachery, abuse, you name it… We barely know what to do other than to ask God questions.

I don’t know the answer to our lives that are full of question marks. But I am certain that God hears our pleas.

He has the power to take our question marks and transform them into fulfilled hearts that follow Christ. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: perspective Tagged With: heart, love, question, trial

A Walk Through the Parables: The Samaritan

September 8, 2014 by Sharita

As an army family, being “neighborly” can be something of an awkward situation.

It is no secret when a family moves in or out of the neighborhood. The massive amounts of flying cardboard and huge semi trucks loading up thousands of pounds of personal belongings kind of give it away.

Being neighborly on post is not an easy task. Most of the time, folks keep pretty much to themselves. I am sure it is because they (ok we) are all busy and the effort it takes to build a relationship when they are probably moving to a new duty station in the next 12 seconds is, well, a lot of work.

But we try to be good neighbors. We really do. Sometimes it is well received, other times they just eat our “Welcome to the neighborhood” chicken dinner and we never hear from them again. (And they may or may not keep the Tupperware containers we served it in.)

Here’s the deal: We don’t have to be in the army to be neighborly. Heck, we don’t even have to be neighborly to only those in our neighborhood. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: A Walk Through the Parables Tagged With: A Walk through the Parables, lesson, love, neighbor

Caution: Women at Work

September 4, 2014 by Sharita

Welcome to another week of our Everyday Jesus link-up. Be sure to link-up below this post, comment on your neighbor’s blog and share with your friends… Because Jesus is everywhere, every day!

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The summer I turned 16, I entered the working world… well, at least during the summer.

Since then, I have been blessed/challenged to work in a variety of fields and locations. Some have been amazing, others not so much. Here is a quick taste of my occupational adventures: [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Everyday Jesus, Wives of Faith Tagged With: #EverydayJesus, Wives of Faith, women, work

If You Can’t Say Something Nice…

September 3, 2014 by Sharita

You might have noticed that in this current season, Wednesday is my day to work toward some super-awesome God-sized dreams. So here is a blast from the past straight from the archives. Enjoy, dear friends… and thanks for the grace.

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Today’s post is brought to you by:

1) Advice from my mama

2) The movie Bambi

3) My personal life frustrations

Quite a list huh? This should be interesting. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: frustration Tagged With: frustration, positive, words