Dear Tightly Wound Woman: Sometimes finishing well looks different than you think it does. You don’t have to be everything to everyone to finish well. You don’t have to do it all and then some to be counted among the greats. You don’t have to travel far and wide or…
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Blindsided to See Clearly by Robyn Dykstra (& The Widow Wore Pink Book Review)
I was working long hours, trying to get my book proposal done for the upcoming Speak Up Conference. And then I got an email from a lady named Robyn, who was on the prayer team for the conference. This is what she wrote: God has given you a story, a…
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Provision From A Prisoner and Held Captive by Assumption
Sometimes God works in mysterious ways. He certainly did when he used a ex-con to answer my prayer. I was humbled as God taught me an important truth about His provision through an unlikely source. This man’s apartment contains a few hand-me-down pieces of furniture, his clothes are plain, and…
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Wound Up in Love
It’s easy to focus on the difficult aspects of being tightly wound women, but let’s turn the phrase and turn our hearts to the One who draws us close—under His wings. Let’s relinquish our rights and let God wrap us in His encompassing, unconditional affection: I am the Tightly Wound…
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Small Change, Big Impact (Extension 26)
We are pleased to announce that our family will be continuing Extension 26 this year. Click on over for the back-story. Two years ago we decided to make a small change that we pray is making a big impact. We give $26 around the 26th out of thanksgiving for all…
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One Word 2015 Review and Great Deals for Your 2016 Word
At the start of this new year, it’s good to look back and see what we learned in 2015. Arise and Build Our One Word (two words) was Arise and Build. When I chose this word, I had a feeling that God wanted me to be faithful to do what…
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