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3.26.13-4.1.13 I started reading and by verse 12, I knew this was my answer to “now what?” Verse 12 reads, “‘Test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,’ Daniel said.” (Daniel 1:12)  Really??? I thought. (These were the days before “the Daniel fast” was written as a lifestyle book!) Karah, you…

3.19.13-3.25.13 Seeing all I had written I sat at our kitchen table numb. It was the first time in my life I felt Him with me at the table. The warmth that came from His smile smothered out all wonder about what was even happening. I was poised and ready to well… do what? In…

3.12.13-3.18.13 I realized my ask of “how do I live abundant” was actually an invitation from God for He knew what I didn’t. As I placed the last period on the page and felt the load I was living with (but was actually living under) He let me know with a gifted confidence unknown to…

3.5.13-3.11.13 I am so thankful for Jesus and His wooing ways. The last source I expected to receive a significant heart-hug from after pouring this life of mine out on parchment was God Almighty and Jesus my King.  This reality highlights what was my very sad reality having been a “Christian” and “Church-Goer” my entire…

2.26.13-3.4.13 I wrote in my steno pad every. single. thing. I. did. for my usual 19 hours of awake living. I started with my rising at 4:45 am and in certain areas of my day like my jogging and training times, I made notes about my back pain and included what I ate. I wrote…

2.19.13-2.25.13 No problem-o! Every minute of every day that I lived was planned and accounted for from 4:45 am until 11:30 pm. There was certainly no lack of abundance, for my days were abundantly full. But now, here I was asking… how to live fully abundant? to be continued…

2.12.13-2.18.13 I wondered what this could mean and I could tell Jesus was now inviting me into something. I didn’t know how to know what though. I later had a conversation with a friend and she suggested I write down everything I do throughout my days and then wait, trusting that when I come back…

2.5.13-2.11.13 My thoughts of pursuing Jesus’ said reality of “abundant life” for me, for us, could not be quieted. Rich, satisfying and abundant were not the words I could truthfully use to describe my heart or the days we were living as a family. In the passing minutes while meditating on His Words I was…

1.29.13-2.4.13 Day-in and day-out Jesus has sustained me. As our relationship grew I became aware that deep within me I had a fresh desire to ‘take Him at His Word’ specifically referring to His Words in John 10:10 which are: ESV- The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I (Jesus) came that…