Melissa Jackson
Always a choice.
I was listening to a podcast about giving children choices and the suggestion was to give 150 choices to a child by lunchtime for the...
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Daly Schmidt
- Mar 23, 2022
- 5 min
He Chose Me in Kindness
I chugged the last of my coffee and shook the remaining drops out on the sand. I didn’t have any pockets to fill, so my coffee cup would...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 22, 2022
- 6 min
Running
It’s one of the few things I will fight for. I won’t negotiate, sugar-coat, or water down. I would stake my entire life – better yet, my...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 15, 2022
- 7 min
God's Love is Safe : I am Safe in God's Love : You are Safe
~No matter what we face. She was talented, wise, quirky, hard-working, kind, and so much more. There were many reasons to love and...
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Daly Schmidt
- Feb 8, 2022
- 6 min
Invited into Real Love
I need real love for a very broken me. There's a lot about myself that I cannot fix. There are more aches than I can heal, more stains...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jan 18, 2022
- 4 min
Hope for the Bruised Soul
When Melissa asked if I would like to blog on “hope” as a theme for January 2022, my immediate response was, “Umm…no.” And then, I just...
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Melissa Jackson
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Bible Says So
"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works." Hebrews 10:24 The last few years I have struggled with...
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Daly Schmidt
- Sep 6, 2021
- 5 min
Keep the Main Thing, the Main Thing
Parenting. Is. Hard. Period. Some things about parenting feel like we are shooting in the dark, hoping for the best. Parenting kids with...
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Melissa Jackson
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
A spur is not for comfort
For close to one year my alarm goes off at 5:15am on Tuesday mornings. A small group of neighbors on my street gather over zoom for...
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Melissa Jackson
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Is it truly freedom?
"For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage."Galatians 5:1 Freedom is a...
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Melissa Jackson
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
But the greatest of these is love.
As little girls we are romanticized into believing that whimsical love will truly conquer all. More strolls in the park and candlelight...
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Daly Schmidt
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Just. Hold. On.
“Keep on keeping on!” (as my Mother used to say.) Endurance is hard. Holding up under pressure, stress, pain, injustice, and even slight...
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Melissa Jackson
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
Love Always Hopes
It’s funny how things we learn in childhood become engrained in our memory and then a permanent fixture of our heart. I am sure that is...
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Daly Schmidt
- May 17, 2021
- 6 min
Love Trusts Enough to Keep the Light On
We all have trust issues, because trusting is a full-contact sport. There is no such thing as half-trust. Trust either is, or it isn’t....
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Melissa Jackson
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Not Easily Angered
As a younger mom of two little girls, I sat in a women's bible study in the south and clearly remember exposing that I struggled with...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 26, 2021
- 6 min
Not Selfish = Other-Centered
I’ve been struggling with this one, and for a while I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Then, my brother said, “I think it’s easiest...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 19, 2021
- 9 min
Love is...not prideful because Self-Ignorance is True Bliss
Have you ever wondered, “How in the world is Satan so dumb?” I mean, it’s not like he doesn’t know how this whole story is going to end....
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Melissa Jackson
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
The price is cheap, but the cost is high
Pride has been my nemesis the last few years. It is one of those things that once exposed, is impossible to hide. It is a choice to...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 12, 2021
- 6 min
Enemy of Life?: A Rot in the Bones
Confession Excuse me while I do some “plank in my own eye” removal before I tackle this subject… I must confess I do not consider myself...
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Daly Schmidt
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
Willing to Wait
“And Patience was willing to wait.” (Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan) The Creation story is filled to the brim with wonder. All...
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