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Giving Up

March 5, 2014 by Sharita

I am a huge advocate of perseverance. I am not one to quit something when it gets hard.

But sometimes, it’s important to just give up… Especially if God is calling you to do so.

Dear friends, today is Ash Wednesday. This is a season of preparation to recognize Christ’s death and resurrection when Easter comes in 40 days.

Have you given much thought to what God might be calling you to do this Lenten Season? Because if not, don’t fret. You still have time to make a commitment to honor God in some way. [Read more…]

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God Is My Life

March 4, 2014 by Sharita

How much God is there in your life?

It’s a hard and rather loaded question. I would love to answer that God is 110% of my life, but while He IS a big part, He is just that… A part.

I am on a constant journey to make God my entire life. The reason for living. For getting up in the morning.

I want God to BE MY LIFE. [Read more…]

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Faith and Feelings: Frustrated

March 3, 2014 by Sharita

Photo courtesy of Jonathan Robison via Flickr

Sometimes I get so frustrated I just want to scream. Or punch something. Or hide in the closet and inhale a bag of chocolate.

But I refrain. (Most of the time, anyways.)

There are so many experiences in life that can produce frustration. Perhaps its a continual miscommunication with our spouse. I could be a teething baby who refuses to nap. Maybe it is that pesky bathroom scale with numbers that refuse to budge even after you have worked your tail off the last week.

Frustration is everywhere and is one of the important “feelings” to discuss in our “Faith and Feelings” series. Fortunately for us, we aren’t alone in our frustration. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Feelings & Faith Tagged With: annoy, example, Feelings & Faith, frustrated, growth, Jesus, persevere

Talk His Talk & The Quirky Gift of Gab

February 28, 2014 by Sharita

Hi. I am Sharita. And I… I am… (gulp) a talker.

Whew. It feels so good just to get that out there. It’s a truth that I have been living with my entire life—and it’s a truth I haven’t always lovingly embraced.

Talking is one of my quirks. Sometimes it makes me feel weird. Or dumb. But as I have drawn near to God on my journey with Him, He has shown me that it’s not a burden or annoyance.

It’s a gift. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: guest post Tagged With: book, public speaking, quirk, talk, weirdness, wonderful

Thank you for… (#EverydayJesus Link-up)

February 27, 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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On a scale of one to ten, how thankful are you? (Ten being “I thank God multiple times a day for EVERYTHING” and one being “thankful-schmankful.”)

If I am being perfectly honest with myself, I would have to say I am well above a one but still have some work to do to get to a ten. Really, if we are still on this earth, then we won’t ever reach a ten because there is always something to be thanking God for.

Even the hard stuff. [Read more…]

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Tears in the Dark

February 26, 2014 by Sharita

It had been such a hard day.

Oh heck, who was I kidding? It had been a hard few weeks. I had been running pretty hard for several days in a row, struggling to fulfill my leadership roles, do ministry and most of all, parent our sweet, anti-sleep teething, feverish 11-month old daughter while my husband was away for two months with the army.

Not only was I physically weary, but emotionally I was tapped out. My heart was heavy from sharing the burdens of life with a few friends in ministry. When bedtime for my daughter rolled around that night, it was the first time I had paused all day.

As I sat there rocking her in the dark, listening to the synthetic raindrop sounds from her white noise machine, I took a deep breath and accessed my heart. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Comfort Tagged With: cry, faith, God, hope, hurt, love, tears

Appreciate the Mountaintop

February 25, 2014 by Sharita

Sometimes I really take God for granted. Perhaps you do to.

Just think about how many times we nearly forget about God when things are going great then fall to our knees when our world comes crashing down.

If we aren’t grounded in faith all the time then those hard moments can turn into griping and grumbling sessions instead of petitions for help. I think there is a delicate yet very attainable balance we can reach with just a small shift of our perspective. [Read more…]

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Faith & Feelings: Happiness

February 24, 2014 by Sharita

Quick! Think fast. When was the last time you were really, truly HAPPY?

Got it? I hope that you mentioned a time within the last week or so.

If not, we have got some work to do, be it perspective shifting or some heart encouragement. Heads up to those who are just now joining us… we are currently in the middle of a series looking at how our faith and feelings interact, as well as how Jesus did (or didn’t) experience those emotions. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Feelings & Faith Tagged With: Feelings & Faith, happiness, Jesus, Joy, lesson

Not So Small (Five Minute Friday)

February 20, 2014 by Sharita

Happy Friday, all! Before we dig into Five Minute Friday with Lisa-Jo, just wanted to let you know that today I am making my debut as a blog contributor for Army Wife Network. (Insert happy dance here.) I would so, so, SO appreciate it if you could swing by and show me a smidge of Jesus love. Click here to read my post on AWN.

So where were we? Oh yeah, Five Minute Friday, the time of the week where we come together as a community, link up and write for five minutes.

Easy peasy, right?

Let’s get to it.

Today’s prompt: SMALL

AND GO! [Read more…]

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Slowing Down and Finding Jesus (#EverydayJesus Linkup)

February 20, 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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