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Are You Choosing Noise or Silence?
As we enter a new year, a large part of the people I know have discussed various resolutions that they plan to conquer. Losing weight, reading the bible in a year, exercise more and so on. I am not much for setting resolutions as I often feel it sets you up for failure and why wait by putting off what you can start today? One of the things that I have gradually been struggling with over the last few years, maybe longer, is all the noise! It is everywhere. You may be asking what noise I am talking about. I am talking about the constant flow of information that we…
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Advent in Review
We wanted to recap some of the great articles we previously wrote on Advent. We hope that you enjoy them once again this year. Preparation and Pray: The Advent of our Lord Advent Candle of Peace Advent Candle of Joy Advent Candle of Love Advent Candle of Hope May the Lord bless each of you this holiday season. The Ladies of Rhubarb & Rubbish
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24 Random Acts of Kindness Kick-off
As we approach the upcoming holiday season, we are taking a bit of a different approach this year at Rhubarb & Rubbish. God is always calling us to give of our time and talents to glorify his kingdom. In 1 Peter 4:10-11 we read, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies–in order that in everything God may glorified through Jesus Christ.” For the month of December we will post the Random Acts and reading calendar periodically along…
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Lessons from Texas Ranger
I mentioned in a previous post that our youngest dog had to have knee surgery. As a young, active black lab, the injury he sustained is quite common. The surgery is only an hour or so long and has been done so many times that it’s almost routine, with a 95% success rate. We have the resources to do the surgery and my husband didn’t want to lose one of his hunting buddies at 4 years old. No one warned me how much work it would be to keep an 85-pound four-year-old trained hunting black lab who loves to jump calm and quiet for four months! Even with sedation, the…
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Seasons of Change: When Seasons Collide
I am sitting in one of my favorite spots, a little sofa where I do my morning devotionals and my evening journaling. I am a mix of emotions right now. On one hand, I am excited as another one of my children will get married this weekend. The first got married just a few short months ago. It seems only yesterday that I was running around taking them to school, music practice, Cub Scouts, and hoping that they wouldn’t get the next nasty flu bug going around school. As I think about the years that have passed, I fondly remember the good moments. I remember with chagrin the times I…