Praying for Peace: On Wars, Anger, Hurts – When Life Brings Pain and Disappointments. Includes Helpful Notes, Quotes & Bible Verses about Revenge, Anger, Love, Forgiveness, Misunderstanding, Arguments, Confrontation, Wisdom, Kindness, Peace, and Reconciliation. ***I wrote this article over 3 years ago but have never published it on JollyNotes.com. I ran into it as I [...]
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Our boys both experienced major milestones this past fall – Our 5 year old started kindergarten, and our 3 year old little guy started preschool . Trusting God to continue to lead, guide and bless them as they learn and grow each day. We are very thankful that their transition has been such a positive [...]
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Tags: Anger, Blessings, Children, Choices, Confidence, Daily Living, Disappointments, Experiences, Forgiveness, God, God's Word, Guidance, Hurts, Joy, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, People, Relationships, Waiting, Wisdom
Just the other day, our 5 and 3 year old boys had been playing happily for a while…. until they had a disagreement. I’ll spare you the details of what led to that lol, but the summary is that my 5yr old got mad at my 3yr old, and made it very clear to him. [...]
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Tags: Anger, Choices, Conscience, Daily Living, Disappointments, Discipleship, Experiences, Family, Forgiveness, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Word, Hurts, Inspiration, Life, Mercy, Our Behavior, Patience, Peace, People, Relationships, Showing Mercy, Wisdom
I’ve been hearing about Jos, Nigeria in the last few days. Most parts of the country are not experiencing this turmoil – Nigeria is huge – but it is heartbreaking nonetheless. People in the city of Jos are being brutally killed and forced to flee their homes, in the name of religion (and more). I [...]
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Tags: Anger, Asking God Questions, Despair, Disappointments, Discouragement, Encouragement, Experiences, God, God's Faithfulness, Hurts, Joy, Life, Peace, Questions, Storms, Tears, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Tough Times, Waiting
It was a quiet Sunday afternoon yesterday…we were all home – everyone relaxing or otherwise going about their business. My 4yr old and I were at the dining table on our computers, my 2yr old was playing in the living room, and hubby was in the bedroom sorting out stuff. I was enjoying the quiet [...]
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A little while ago, I was getting ready to host an event and I had quite a bit of errands to run, shopping to do, several things to cross off my to-do list. At the same time I was running several ideas in my head – some pretty exciting business & business advertising ideas I [...]
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Tags: Anger, Being An Example, Choices, Confidence, Conscience, Daily Living, Experiences, Family, God, Life, Our Behavior, Peace, People, Role Models, Work
So… like everyone else, I sometimes get disappointed by people (and I disappoint some people sometimes too). It happens to everyone from time to time. Some disappointments are huge and can seem crushing, others are no big deal and we can just brush them off and quickly move on. Yep, it is unfortunately a fact [...]
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Tags: Anger, Choices, Disappointments, Experiences, Forgiveness, Hurts, Joy, Love, Peace, People, Relationships, Wisdom
