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DeDe Gibbs
I desire to live fully animated and motivated by the Holy Spirit - as I run so as to win the prize that lasts! My hope is that others can relate to the things I share, and they would find encouragement here. I would love to hear from you. Leave a comment or email me at: dedegibbs@gmail.com. On your marks. Get set! GO!
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
The Pruning
Don’t resist the good Lord’s pruning It is His way of fine-tuning His trimming hand is always fair; He’ll just prune what need not be there. His careful blade knows where to trim. Trust the Gardener. Yes. Trust in Him. … Continue reading
Whatever is True…
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Philippians 4:8 Whatever is true… Yes! That’s what I need to … Continue reading
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Facing Our Giants
I wrote this a couple years ago. Thought of it today as my middle-school boys are struggling to have success on their football team. It’s a great story – true – and it brought me to tears and encouraged me … Continue reading
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Tagged against all odds, d is able, endurance, facing our giants, God is able, hope, middle school boys, perseverance, sports, st all odds, verance
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What Do You Know
My junior high best friend and I used to play a lot of silly games with words. One of them had to do with inflection. We’d say a sentence over and over, changing the inflection on different words. What do you … Continue reading
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Tagged confidence, discouragement, doubt, faith, guard your mind, ment, mental-health, peace, spirituality, thought life, thoughts
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Storms of Life
Lord, thank you for the storms, the rain The heartache, Lord, and for the pain I trust you, Lord. I call your name In every storm, I’m not the same In every dreadful, hurtful place I come to better see … Continue reading
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Facebook Fantasy Land
Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands. Ecclesiastes 10:15 I have a friend who shared with me today that she … Continue reading
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Tagged contentment, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesisiastes, Facebook depression, joy, mental-health, sadness, tired of Facebook
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On Perfection, Failure and Pride
The other day, I was walking home from the Y, having taught my first indoor-cycling class of the season. It went okay, but I knew it could have been better. I wasn’t prepared as well as I’d hoped, and because … Continue reading
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Tagged beating yourself up, depression, failure, grace, mental-health, perfection, self-condemnation, spirituality
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Do. Not. Worry.
Uprooting happy teenagers never seems like a good idea. I was very resistant to my husband’s desire to move us from where we’d raised our six children to a smaller community downstream. But here we are. And life is good. … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety disorder, blessings, excess stress, Matthew 6, strain, train, worry
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Not Everyone Gets a Day to Rest
My last post might have upset some folks. They hear I have the ability to “take a day off” and they want to throw up – or throw stones at me. I know. I hear you! Not everyone gets a … Continue reading
Pace Yourself!
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Genesis 2:2 I was thinking about how busy life can be. How draining it can be. … Continue reading
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Tagged endurance race, first fruits, rest, Sabbath Day, tithing your time
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Grace and Peace
Grace and peace be yours in abundance… 2 Peter 1:2 Grace. Peace. Be yours in abundance! Don’t you want that? I do. What is grace exactly? And why is it that nearly every book of the epistles (letters written by Christ’s disciples) … Continue reading
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Go to Church AND Be the Church!
I feel I must take a moment to clarify – in case anyone simply read my title and did not read the previous post – I am NOT saying that we shouldn’t go to church. I AM saying we ought … Continue reading
Spiritual Endurance Training 