Pieces of My Heart

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I’ve always loved the beauty of mosaic art. There is something so powerful to me about looking at a beautiful work of art made from thousands of broken pieces. Each part represents something that was originally destroyed. Part of what was once whole, now fragmented, fractured, scattered; then re-gathered into something wonderful that previously didn’t exist in the world. This to me is how I believe God sees every human heart.

Ezekiel 36:26 says “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will

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Separation Anxiety

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Change is a remarkable thing. It is a part of life that is both feared and desired often at the same time. No one has taught me as much about change as my six year old son Elijah.

Elijah has a medical condition that causes amplified responses to change; and sometimes even the slightest interruption causes him to come undone, to say the least. Recently my family relocated to a new state; which of course is a major change. He knows he will soon attend a new school. He is

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“Lord, Teach Us to Pray”

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One of the more curious parts of the history of the Church; dating even as far back as before our Saviors arrival is the individual struggle with prayer. I’m blessed with the opportunity to regularly meet women from all walks of life and to talk with them about the pressures and trials that they’re facing. I pray as I listen; seeking God’s wisdom and love so that I can be a better friend, sister, and servant to God’s beautiful daughters.

Recently someone offered me this encouragement; “What

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