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I’m sitting in a coffee shop. Writing. Watching. Out of the corner of my eye I see a man sitting. Hopeful. In walks a group, among them, a little girl. She runs. “Daddy!” The man, her father, wraps her in his arms until she can’t be seen. Joy. Love. Contentment. Peace. My heart melts. In [...]
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I love this commercial. It inspires me as a runner, but it also inspires me as a believer and a mother. No more excuses. I’m not a morning person. I’m too busy. I need X hours of sleep. I’m not rich enough. I can’t because I have kids. My kids are too young. I don’t [...]
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Some days I can be grumpy. Some days I’m impatient. Some days I tell my kids to “go play” instead of playing with them. Some days I’m tired. Yesterday was one of those days. But I didn’t want them going to bed remembering me as a grumpy, impatient, self absorbed mommy. So I put them [...]
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Today is Motivation Monday! Tell us in the comments if you’ve taken action and get a chance to win today’s giveaway which is a copy of Josh Wilson’s album Life Is Not A Snapshot! Get all the details at the end of the post and find out who won last week’s prize. Today’s Motivation This [...]
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Few things move me like music. I adore it. I spend WAY too much time on YouTube watching/listening to concert footage and videos. This is an old song, but it’s Phil Wickham’s performance of his song True Love is amazing. Walls we couldn’t move came crashing down We were free and made alive The day [...]
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Desperately. Completely. Passionately. Ultimately. Incomprehensibly. Fully. Oh, how He loves us. Destructively. Our regrets, fears, failures, weaknesses, excuses, justifications, failed dreams and deepest scars are destroyed in the presence of a love so deep and furious that He’d trade His perfect Son…for us. For me. For you. In light of that exchange, how can our [...]
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I can be a “wee” bit obsessive about music. I love music. You may have noticed that from the music giveaways and my occasional lyric references. Ok…Maybe a Lot Obsessive Every now and then, I get in a serious rut with an artist or song. Let’s see, I owned every single tape Amy Grant recorded [...]
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Maybe you made big plans to get up early and read your Bible, pray, exercise and plan. Maybe you hit the snooze button this morning. Maybe you’ve hit it every morning for the past month. Maybe you’re feeling discouraged right now. Or maybe you’ve been discouraged for awhile. Maybe your past echoes of brokenness, fatigue [...]
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CRASH!!! Searing pain. A badly twisted ankle. Now I must run on it. I must jump. I must come down hard on that ankle. The pain will send me to the floor. But I do it anyway. Why? If I said, “Just because.” You’d call me insane. If I said, “Olympic gold medal.” You’d call [...]
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I am a perfect mother. Oh? What? You didn’t know that? I’m surprised since I try so hard to broadcast that fact to everyone. That’s why I rush my kids out the door so we won’t be late. That’s why I spit on my hand and wipe their faces so that they won’t look messy. [...]
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Hi! My name is Kat. Inspired To Action is dedicated to practically helping moms develop the habits and skills they need to effectively manage their homes and raise children who are prepared to change the world.
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