Megan Breedlove
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Why Strife Starts
Imagine this: you’re sitting at your computer, scrolling through the latest posts on your timeline, when one of your children tracks you down. “Mommy,” she says, “Johnny says he doesn’t want to watch what I want to watch. But he got to choose what we watched last time. Tell him it’s my turn!” You close …
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How to Enter Times of Refreshing
Sometimes, opportunities for relaxation pop up at the most unexpected times. Take, for example, a recent Sunday morning. Our church has two morning services, of which we attend the second (there’s no way in the world we could get everybody up and to church by 8:00). On the first Sunday of every month, after the …
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How to Respond When Someone Hurts You
My 8-year-old daughter, Lindsey, is a kind and generous girl. She has a sweetness about her spirit that could only come from the Lord. She’s caring and compassionate, and she’s quick to reach out to those in need. Not only that, but she believes the best of everyone with whom she comes in contact. That’s …
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Your Ability Doesn’t Define You
I am not domestically inclined. Keeping house has never been my “thing.” The meals I put on the table are serviceable, but they’re certainly not gourmet. I buy my children’s clothes once they’ve been made by somebody else; the last garment I made was a pair of sweat pants, which I made in home economics …
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Holding out for Angelic Intervention
There are times when it seems like life is going along just fine. It’s not perfect, but on the whole, things are going well. You’re content. You may even experience a period of particularly intimate communion with God. And then … BAM! Suddenly, you find yourself in the midst of a spiritual wilderness. Life looks …
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Living a Life Without Regret
As I write this, my heart is heavy. I recently received news that a dear family friend has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. I didn’t cry the night I found out; I don’t think reality had sunk in yet. But I spent most of the next morning in tears. My friend is seeking a …
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The Mad Mom
I saw Angry Mom the other day in the refrigerated-foods section at Walmart. I was heading for the juice, and she and her two children were already standing there. As she stood there weighing the merits of different brands, her daughter stood near the cart. Her son, about 10 years old, rolled around nearby on …
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What Happens When You Really Seek God First
Only one flight away from reaching home after a week-long absence, I was waiting at the airport for my plane to arrive at the gate. I don’t mind waiting in airports; being by myself gives me a chance to, well, be by myself. I can read or surf the web for a little while without …
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Discerning–and Dealing With–the Spirit of Strife
My 2-year-old son Timmy loves to climb. Something’s up too high for him to reach? No problem! He’ll simply pull a step stool or dining room chair over to whatever he wants to reach and climb up to it. He also climbs up on the bathroom vanity without using a stool (he has incredible upper …
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Moms: Finding Satisfaction When You Feel Invisible
Sometimes, it seems as if motherhood is about settling for less. We want to stay in shape, but we don’t have time, so we settle for buying an aerobics video and working out with it three times before we consign it to obscurity in the DVD cabinet. We’d like to travel the world, but we …
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2 Things You Need to Know When You’re Struggling
This has been a difficult season for me. I don’t mean spring, which went by in a blur. Nor do I mean summer, which is just now starting to heat up as I write this. I mean the season of life I am currently in and have been for awhile. Over the past several months, …
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How to Deal With the Pain of Rejection
This past week, my son Kenny has been attending a day camp sponsored by our city. He loves their program, which includes games, play time and various activities in a group of kids approximately his age. One day, however, when I arrived to pick Kenny up, his teacher asked to talk with me. She …
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Where’s God When You’re Pushed Off the Edge of Life?
I remember the city pool I used to frequent when I was a kid. I loved that pool, and I spent many hours there every summer. One of my favorite things to do was jump off the high dive. That diving board was at least a hundred feet up in the air. You had to …
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How God Sees Your Tears
Two years ago, my family and I went to Branson, Mo., to visit my mom and stepfather. At the time, Ellie was 4, Kenny was 2 1/2, Lindsey was 1, and I was a couple months pregnant with Jessica. One day, we decided to take the kids to a beautiful lake not too far from …
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Moms, Your Child May Be a Future Pillar of the Church
Before I became a parent, I was pretty sure that training and disciplining a child would be easy. My child would do A, I would calmly respond with a well-thought-out and right-on-target B, and I would get result C—cheerful obedience or successful completion of the task. For the more stubborn issues, the process might repeat …
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