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I’m a wife (of more than 50 years), mom to five children (including a set of twins), and grandmother to 21 (including a set of quadruplets!). My favorite time of the year is when all my kids and grandkids are together for a week of “cousins and family camp” in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia.

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One Verse: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" which means, God with us. Matthew 1:23

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One Word: Hope

One Verse: “For you O Lord are my hope, my trust O Lord, from my youth." Psalm 71:5

One Thought: Lord, it's too easy for me to put my hope in circumstances, dreams, or people. And I'm usually disappointed. Forgive me, Father for counting on others (and situations) to give me hope. Only you can give me pure hope that lasts. Please help me look to you as my primary source and fill me with hope today.

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Nature therapy: hiking with dear friends on the Virginia Appalachian trails!

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This week I'm blogging at Club31 Women on asking the Lord for a new vision and purpose for the season ahead. Read the blog at the link in my bio.

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One Word: Chose

One Verse: “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you." John 15:16

One Thought: Father, thank you for choosing me! What joy it can bring to my heart (and to my child's heart) to walk through this day with the thought, You chose me!

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