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Expectancy: noun 1. The act, action or state of expecting something. This is such an unsatisfying definition. I define expectancy as a kind of breathless anticipation of something to come. A sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat feeling because you know something special is on the horizon but you don’t know what it is… yet. For me, expectancy is spiritual. It is that wondering anticipation every single day because today I know that I will get to see God at work. I don’t know how but I know… because I know He is. It is practicing the presence of God. Sometimes the feeling is stronger than other times. God isRead More →

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One week ago I said, “I look forward to seven new days to see God at work.” Those seven days have passed now. It would be wrong of me not to share with you, my friends, what I saw my awesome God do this week. On Tuesday afternoon my assignment was to write my “story”. In the process of writing, God brought clarity to my mind. Puzzle pieces finally fit into a scene not yet complete, or connected dots which bring a picture more clearly into focus. In the peace of my house, understanding came, and with it, confidence. I know now that God isRead More →

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Three trips to the city, a final Bible study meeting, a visit to the school health clinic, a challenging day of painting in my elementary art classes that gave me a terrible headache, a long hot morning watching Caleb compete in Track and Field Day, bread baking, Kids’ Club leading, wedding planning emails that took three hours to write, and a tiny bit of altered book crafting and gardening squeezed in made for an extremely full week. I saw God at work in my busy week! Running late because of the long detour around town, God allowed me to reach the hospital just in timeRead More →