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    Staying in Stride with God
    easpenner
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    Staying in Stride with God

    Sometimes, I leave God in the dust. Sometimes, the childlike excitement of life surges through my veins, and I bound ahead. Sometimes, my...
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    She rises...
    easpenner
    • Mar 12
    • 1 min

    She rises...

    When the day is done, and she has done her best, after she lays her head down, for what she knows will be only a brief rest; she rises....
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    Our Messes, His Grace
    easpenner
    • Feb 20
    • 2 min

    Our Messes, His Grace

    Everyday our little guy dumps his food on the wrong side of the sink. Trying to keep up with his big sisters, but not quite understanding...
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    Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?
    easpenner
    • Feb 12
    • 2 min

    Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?

    I cringe at perfect. It's hard for me to even fathom. And that's a lot to admit from a (still) recovering perfectionist. There are days...
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    The Messes Make Us Whole
    easpenner
    • Feb 8
    • 1 min

    The Messes Make Us Whole

    Oh, some days I think the sound will absolutely do me in. The gritty crunch and crack. The dozens of crushed pieces. Underfoot and...
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    2020, meet 2021...with grace, please
    easpenner
    • Jan 6
    • 2 min

    2020, meet 2021...with grace, please

    2020, You were a year. A year the world never expected. But, a year God knew was coming, all along. A year that threatened to break us. A...
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    A Walk with God and Anxiety
    easpenner
    • Jan 2
    • 4 min

    A Walk with God and Anxiety

    "You have it backwards, you know?" He said sternly. Stopped me right in my walking tracks. As I paused and found myself entranced with...
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    He Meets Us in our Messes
    easpenner
    • Dec 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    He Meets Us in our Messes

    Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...
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    A Mother's Strength
    easpenner
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 0 min

    A Mother's Strength

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    First, there was simple...
    easpenner
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    First, there was simple...

    Before the need for perfect, there was simple. Oh, so completely simple. A stable. Wooden manger. An exhausted new mother. A terrified...
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    You can't be everything to everyone...
    easpenner
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 0 min

    You can't be everything to everyone...

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    Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him
    easpenner
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him

    Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...
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    God has secured His place...
    easpenner
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    God has secured His place...

    Have you met it yet? Have you hit it? Have you? Were you already there? Are you there now? Do you feeling it coming? Your breaking point?...
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    The Most Humbling Moment of Motherhood
    easpenner
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Most Humbling Moment of Motherhood

    I never knew when I took this photo. I never knew. How could I have? At only eight years old. I am not really sure why I even took the...
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    Marvelous Grace
    easpenner
    • Nov 26, 2020
    • 0 min

    Marvelous Grace

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    He Holds Us
    easpenner
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    He Holds Us

    I couldn't get her to stop crying. She was overtired. She was restless. She was completely inconsolable. I tried to let her cry it out...
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    It's hard to be in a race with someone...
    easpenner
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    It's hard to be in a race with someone...

    Do you ever think about how many races we line up for in our lives? Races that were never, ever ours to run. Yet, there we are, opinions...
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    When His grace meets our messes
    easpenner
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    When His grace meets our messes

    Today, I met God at the dishwasher. I never planned on meeting Him there. But, that's where we found one another. The distractions of the...
    8 views0 comments
    Just Ten Minutes
    easpenner
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Just Ten Minutes

    What I wouldn’t give some days for just ten minutes. Ten minutes of a clean counter. Ten minutes of an empty sink. Ten minutes of extra...
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    The Breath a Mama Takes
    easpenner
    • Sep 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Breath a Mama Takes

    There are these days of motherhood that threaten to absolutely break you. Completely crumble you to pieces. Shake you to your core. Split...
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