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Summer Fruit Devotion: Love Day 1
Who is Love? “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God;…
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Summer Fruit
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” –Galatians 5:22-26 Summer fruit is sweet and refreshing. Often found in beach coolers, at backyard BBQ’s, and as an afternoon snack. Watermelon, strawberries, peaches, pineapples, cherries, all bursting with flavor and nourishment. For the next two months here at Curated Faith I’ll be posting a…
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4 Benefits of Preparation & Rest
Last year at this time we were making the final preparations for our daughter’s wedding. It was stressful, intense, and very busy. There were so many details and it seemed like every day we thought of something else that needed to be done or picked up or added to the list. Now we are preparing for a two week cross country road trip and I find myself in planning mode again. I’m up to my eyeballs in maps, lists, itineraries, and hotel reservations. Every time I go to the store I think of something or end up buying something else we will need to bring with us. This has all…
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Help from the Sanctuary
Psalm 20 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) 1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven…
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6 Things Every Good Marriage & Bonsai Need
I want to share with you something that’s been going on for years in my marriage. It may surprise you. It may even shock you. But it is one of the best things we’ve done and we don’t plan to stop anytime soon. Bonsai. Not Banzai like the suicidal fighter pilots. Bonsai (pronounced bone-sigh,) cultured trees in pots. It was almost 11 years ago my husband and I bought our first bonsai tree. It was a pretty juniper, about a foot tall with a twisted trunk in a shallow glazed oval shaped pot. We got some basic care instructions… water it every day, keep it outside in the sun, trim…
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A Mom After God’s Own Heart
I miss the cute days! I’m having terrible Instagram jealously lately! So many of my friends have young families and post oodles of pics of their cute little ones! New babies that I can practically smell through the screen, park days, bike rides, ice cream treats, crayon drawings… My boys aren’t so little anymore. If I tried to post them on IG you would get nothing but boys on the couch playing video games, or boys in the backyard shooting the pellet rifle at old crockery, or boys arguing about who left the scrap of trash that I just asked them to throw away. If I posted their sketchbooks it’s…
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The Wildflower Tribe
There was a time in the 90’s when I was a “Goth.” I dyed my hair black, painted my nails black, wore dark makeup and black lipstick, read lots of Poe and Ann Rice, listened to Skinny Puppy and The Cure, wore black velvet skirts with Doc Martens, frequented a nightclub called “Soil” and a coffee shop called “Lestat’s.” When I wasn’t “dressed up” I dressed down in black jeans, flannels and alternative band t-shirts. I painted myself up to both hide who I was and show who I was. I know it sounds confusing, but it’s the truth. I was hurting inside from a lot of things. I was…
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What is Curated Faith?
“For we are his works of art, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 Back in 2014 I started a blog called SmallChelle.com where I could write about the bible and share my heart with the world. After a couple years I had frustrated meltdown and took some time off to regroup. Almost two years off! So after that meltdown and spending much time in prayer to seek God’s will for my blog and writing, I believe he gave me an idea. A simple phrase based on Ephesians 2:10 that would be a rebrand of my blog…
