Daly Schmidt
Happy Birthday, Mom
“I would rather have you as my Mom for a short time rather than to have never had you at all - even though it means that I would be...
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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 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
- Oct 22, 2021
- 5 min
Shovelfuls of Reality
”Count it all joy when you face various trials” James 1:2 I once heard a story about a set of twins, one more optimistic and the other...
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Daly Schmidt
- Oct 6, 2021
- 5 min
God OUR Father
This realization revolutionized my parenting: My children are souls – just like me. We don’t have a soul. We ARE a soul. We are a mixture...
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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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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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Daly Schmidt
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
Caution: Work in Progress
One of my favorite tombstones in the world marks the gravesite of Ruth Graham Bell, Billy Graham’s wife. It reads: “End of construction –...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jul 26, 2021
- 5 min
Mining Unique Personal Value & Worth
"Cling to what is good." Romans 12:9 Value & worth So much of our identity is wrapped within this framework. What is my value and what...
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Daly Schmidt
- Jul 19, 2021
- 4 min
Help for the Journey
“I considered my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies…” (Psalm 119:59) My local Target recently re-arranged the layout of every...
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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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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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Daly Schmidt
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
"What is truth?" ~Pontius Pilate
Pilate is not the only human to ask this question. Literally, since the Beginning, mankind has been searching for the answer. Otherwise,...
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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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jdschmidt5
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Shootin' Straight
“Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth” (John 17:17). Not only is truth its own powerful force, but apparently, it even has the...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Welcome home Mr. Polar Bear; Inviting Others In
As our family paraded around the department store looking for new towels, my four-year-old had found a beautiful, white stuffed polar...
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Melissa Jackson
- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
Spit out the sour, but hold tight to the berry
Have you ever bit into something expecting one taste and receiving the opposite? It is usually a jolt to the system as our brain...
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