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Learning to Breathe Again.

Posted on January 24, 2018by tara.dickson

New beginnings and new seasons often begin with a new year. Just like clockwork ours did too. After a night of board games and egg nog, we found ourselves in a cold, sterile ER. What we thought was a stomach bug that was dehydrating my husband was a large mass pressing on his brain. While […]

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How To Help Our Children Navigate Suffering.

Posted on October 27, 2017October 27, 2017by tara.dickson

Suffering comes in all shapes and forms. When we were in the middle of my husband’s battle with brain cancer. It was survival mode. We were doing all the physical things we could to fight this disease, which involved a lot of travel for the two of us. I had to rely on the Lord […]

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When You Need A Word for the New Year.

Posted on December 31, 2016by tara.dickson

As I have been trying to prepare my heart for the New Year or at least New Year’s Eve. My mind is a jumbled mess. My memories are filled with experiences. Thoughts of years past when we played board games, drank eggnog and tried to stay awake for the ball to drop, swirl through my […]

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Cultivating A Heart of Thanksgiving.

Posted on November 22, 2016November 23, 2017by tara.dickson

Every November the landscape changes just a bit. I’m not talking about how the trees start to shed their glorious leaves but rather the fabric of our thoughts and conversations start to alter. We begin to share the things we are thankful for on social media. We talk about abundance of food, family and good […]

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What Does Courage Look Like?

Posted on November 20, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

     The trees on my morning walk are changing. The last of the bright red leaves are bravely clinging to their branches, while the ground is covered in every autumn hue. With each gust of wind they rain down, a fresh blanket for my feet to crush in the passing.      As the […]

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Why It’s Okay to Feel Sadness In the Midst of Hope.

Posted on October 30, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

     I have been feeling something coming on. You know that feeling you have when you feel like your about to get a cold. Well, I had that this week but it wasn’t physical. I felt it deep in my spirit, in my heart. (This isn’t fun beloved. However I told you that I […]

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October’s Promise

Posted on October 10, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

Did you know that just like spring gives us the promise of new life, fall has it’s own sweet promise that it whispers? We see it as we watch a crimson leaf drift quietly to the ground. It’s in the golden light that drifts through the trees of the waning day and in the cool […]

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Day Seven: A Joyful Hope – It is possible.

Posted on October 7, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

Today calls us out even further into the waters of believing. It goes beyond an attitude of hope to a Joyful Hope. One that is so sure that God is with us that we anticipate with excitement how He is going to show up. I want to be very real and transparent beloved I am […]

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What If I Told You I Found The Secret To Aging Gracefully?

Posted on September 17, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

     I love beautiful things! Don’t we all? We exclaim or sunsets, ocean views, and baby anything! I love that the Lord loves beauty too and He created an amazing world for us to live in. He loves a variety of shapes and colors in people and animals too.       Yet as […]

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How to Choose What to Forget and What to Remember.

Posted on August 31, 2016December 21, 2016by tara.dickson

     Being forgetful is not something we pride ourselves on. In fact we do everything we can to remember things. We take pictures, capture videos, journal, and record every special moment possible. Since the beginning of time people have sat around campfires telling stories and handing them down from one generation to the next. […]

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Hope. We all need it beloved. Proverbs 13:12 say Hope.

We all need it beloved.

Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.”

If you’re still reeling from this past year and not too excited about the new one because who knows when or if our normal will reappear, then let me encourage you.

You can have “The Power to Live a More Than Normal Life.”

I’m sharing those truths over on my blog today. When your personal world collapses you need more than a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” way of thinking.

You need the supernatural power to live beyond the normal. It’s available friends. Click the link in my bio to refresh your heart with God’s truth.

#liftupyoureyes #christianblogger #dailydevotion #hopeforthenewyear #renewyourmind #normalisoverrated #anewdayhascome #joyfulliving #incourage #truthquotes
It’s a new year. ⁠ ⁠ We all breathe a collec It’s a new year. ⁠
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We all breathe a collective sigh.⁠
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2020 was supposed to be the year of clear vision. ⁠
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But I’ve been thinking. ⁠God never promised us clear vision. ⁠
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He promised us he would be with us⁠—in the muddy waters of life threatening to overwhelm us.

Or Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire. ⁠
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I don’t know what your muddy waters or fires have looked like this year, but this is why we can take fresh hope with us into the new year. ⁠
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“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: ⁠
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.⁠
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness”⁠
(Lamentations 3:21-23, NIV)⁠.⁠
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The only thing that should consume us is God’s great love. ⁠
Because of it, we’re still standing. We’re still breathing. ⁠We’re still here to praise His name, and He goes with us. ⁠
⁠The rest of the devotional is @joyfullifemagazine
This is us. Six year ago today, about an hour aft This is us.

Six year ago today, about an hour after the doctors in Chicago told us to go home and set up hospice.

The light in my eyes is supernatural. I guarantee you there were many tears that came too. But in that moment, I was overwhelmed by God’s Grace. I was there, in the city of my birth, and God was pouring bountiful snow on my head as the worst news was delivered. I felt carried in His bosom, seen to the depths of my being. And while my heart felt broken beyond repair, I also knew I was SO loved.

Today, it’s snowing again here in Tennessee and I am reminded of this....

“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me, your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.” 
Psalm 138:8

Our God is gracious beloved.

#renewyourmind #liftupyoureyes #lifeafterloss #grieivingwithhope #hestillmovesstones #chicago #glioblastoma #hopefortheweary #joyfulliving #incourage
I’ve had all the feelings this weekend preparing I’ve had all the feelings this weekend preparing to celebrate this son’s birthday on Sunday. 

In one way it seems like yesterday he was tromping around our woods in cowboy boots, black felt hat mashed on his head.
He’s always been brave climbing to the top of the swing set at 1 year old and the top of the pine trees years later.
Challenging and willful when he was younger but I felt the Spirit whisper to my heart, this boy feels things so deeply and loves people well.  He told me He would take the strong and willful and make Him bold and steadfast in His faith.
Well, today he’s 25 and weathered more storms than I ever thought He would have to. 
But he’s been faithful and Jesus has been faithful too.
He loves God and people well and we His family are the most blessed to call him ours. @therealnatedickson Dad and I are so proud of you. Keep fixing your gaze.

#joyfulliving #liftupyoureyes #countingmyblessings #raisethemstrong #christinus
I was sitting here praying, asking the Lord what w I was sitting here praying, asking the Lord what we needed to remember today and my eyes landed on this.

A print by one of my faves @ruthchousimons that says.” All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Now is the time beloved fo build ourselves up in our most holy faith.

Jude 1:20-21 says it this way,
“But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.”

So today we don’t have to solve all the worlds problems BUT we can....

Remember what we have seen the Creator do. Build each other up. Pray. And await the mercy of God.

I don’t know about you. But to me those are actions I can take. Small, measurable actions that keep me close to the heart of God while our hearts are kept safe, “hidden” in God’s love.

#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #hiddeninchrist #dailydevotion #incourage #womenoffaith #joyfulliving #ralphwaldoemerson #artspeaks #hopewriterlife
It’s okay to be hidden today beloved. What bett It’s okay to be hidden today beloved.

What better place to hide our hearts than in the secret place of His tent?

We don’t have to be the ones to lift our heads above the enemy of our souls.

What do we do then Tara?

He says it... Offer the sacrifices. We can offer the sacrifice of praise. We can shout for joy because of the Lord. He is near to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Don’t let the chaos around you dictate your feelings. Hide your heart in the presence of your Savior and emerge refreshed to bring Hope to the weary.

#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #hopeforthefuture #joyfulliving #incourage #hopewriterslife #renewyourmind #dailydevotion #womenoftheword
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