A Quiet Simple Life
Sallie Schaaf Borrink
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There are winter mornings when the cold without only adds to the warm within, and the more it snows and the harder it blows, brighter the fires blaze. Emily Dickinson We had a beautiful snowfall this morning. Large, fluffly flakes swirling and dancing to the ground. I could have stood and watched it for hours. …
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We live in world driven by practicality. Everything must be efficient, easy to clean, and inexpensive. People want quick meals, comfortable clothing, and bargains. Sadly, one of the results of this compulsion to be practical and get to the bottom line is that beauty has been trampled to death. Practicality Or Beauty? The American Heritage …
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Yesterday I shared a quote about love from one of my very favorite movies, The Enchanted Cottage. Released in 1945, it stars Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire. My favorite quote from the movie is: A man and woman in love have a gift of sight not granted to other people. Here are a few tidbits …
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. –Victor Hugo We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is …
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I recently finished a large cross stitch project and took it to Michael’s to be framed. While that may not be anything amazing in and of itself, it IS amazing in that it took me thirteen years to finish it! It is a beautiful wedding sampler with our names, date, church name, etc. on it. …
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After you’ve walked with God for a while, you start to notice that He has unique ways of “speaking” to you as an individual. Obviously God speaks through His Word and no other way of “speaking” will contradict what is written there. But God makes each of us with unique personalities, interests, etc. and I …
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Once upon a time a young woman started a new thing called a blog. She was fascinated by the opportunity to just write and not spend time pitching article ideas to print magazines. She was thrilled she could reach more people with the ideas she had taught and spoken about in various places. As she …
