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How to Change Your Default from Stress to Joy!

Posted on September 20, 2018by tara.dickson

I was standing in the park the other day, in California, watching my granddaughter play with another child in a giant sandbox. All of a sudden they decided a “snail hunt” was the next thing to do. They wandered in and out among some small trees and bushes and I moved to be able to […]

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How To Empty Your Heart of Anxiety.

Posted on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018by tara.dickson

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. “ Ps. 94:19 How to empty your heart of anxiety. I know that sounds too good to be true! Am I an expert on this? That depends on how you look at it. I have had more than my fair share of things […]

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How To Move Forward, When Life Feels Broken Beyond Repair.

Posted on April 9, 2018by tara.dickson

When my beloved husband went to Heaven at the age of 45, I felt like life as I knew it was over and I couldn’t imagine how to step forward. In fact, it felt like my own heart had stopped beating with his. But the ache didn’t lie. I was still here with four children […]

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The Power of Resting in Our Weaknesses

Posted on March 25, 2018by tara.dickson

I don’t know about you but feeling weak is something I am not fond of. When I’m feeling weak it’s usually followed up quickly by the lies of the enemy. Run away. Life is too much for you. No one needs you. You only add to the burden they are bearing. Work as hard as […]

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Only in Dying Can We Live.

Posted on March 18, 2018by tara.dickson

Remember the parable of the sower? I remember hearing it for years and thinking, “ Well, I am a believer so I must have good soil in my heart.” That immediately ended anything good I could glean from hearing the Word and applying it to my heart. Beloved, as long as we are living it’s […]

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He Still Moves Stones

Posted on March 5, 2018March 6, 2018by tara.dickson

After a month or more of too many feelings and not enough words, I felt the Spirit’s excavating presence. We survived. We made it through the month of Alan’s birthday and home going. It was 2 years ago that we walked away from the cemetery and retreated to the beach, to walk the shores and […]

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You Were Made to Do Hard and Holy Things!

Posted on February 4, 2018February 27, 2018by tara.dickson

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about COMFORT. How we like it, how we arrange our lives and our schedules to create as many moments of it as we can get. I am chief among comfort seekers. I love nothing better than a warm fire, cozy blanket and hot drink while being surrounded by my […]

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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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Before You Ring in the New Year!

Posted on December 29, 2017December 29, 2017by tara.dickson

I grabbed my stocking cap, pulling it snug over my ears and stepped outside. Pulling my gloves from my pocket I inhaled deeply. “There’s nothing like the crisp clean air of winter,” I thought. Still, the temperature had dropped and it took everything in me to brave the cold. Walking around the bend I passed […]

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Sometimes In Being Undone, We Are Made New!

Posted on December 14, 2017by tara.dickson

I woke up this morning to a cold house! Sometime in the last two days our heater stopped working downstairs. I found out yesterday my car needs big, repairs before it can pass the emissions test I need to renew my tags, and my body is feeling the after effects from a stomach virus. I […]

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I’ve read a lot of scripture about waiting on Go I’ve read a lot of scripture about waiting on God and even the promise that we won’t be ashamed but never noticed this one.

It emphasizes our position of waiting.... Hopefully.

I immediately began praying. “Lord, 
I want hope to invade the very marrow of my bones.”
Then this question came to me. What does marrow do? 
 Marrow contains stem cells beloved. The stem cells can develop into the red blood cells that carry oxygen through your body, the white blood cells that fight infections, and the platelets that help with blood clotting.
In other words it’s imperative for us to have LIFE. 
Trauma and grief are real and can cause us to doubt that God had good plans for us in the land of the living. (Psalm 37:13)

The enemy would like to take us out so easily by robbing us of the hope we have in and through Christ.

But God would have us fight to hold on to that hope and this is why,
“Hope that pervades every cell of your being cannot help but overflowing onto others.”
It’s life bringing life .
Let today be a stake in the ground moment. 
I will not let the enemy triumph. 
The Lord is my portion says my soul. Therefore I will hope in Him.
Then watch how that hope pervade everything you do and say.  #liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #rejoiceinthelord #onethousandgifts #givethanksalways #dailydevotional #lifeafterloss #joyfulliving #hopeinhardtimes
Waiting is no fun. In fact it can feel impossibly Waiting is no fun. In fact it can feel impossibly hard. 

I’ve spent countless hours in waiting rooms and the ER. 
I have waited for test results.
I have waited on the Lord for rescue. 
I’ve watched those that I love wait to get pregnant and others wait through adoption. 
Many of us have waited on the Lord for answers and direction. 
You’ve waited too beloved and it can seem that waiting is a waste of time and bears no fruit. 
But God’s word tells a different story. 

“The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it until it gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.”
James 5:7,8 

It reminds us that situations  may require early and later rains before they bear fruit.
And in Psalm 25 we are promised that “None of those who wait for you will be ashamed.”

Are you waiting on God for something friend? Take heart. 
He hears the cries of your heart and there is fruit to be harvested in the waiting. You too be patient and strength your hearts.
#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavor #waitonthelord #joyfulliving #incourage #dailydevotion
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
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