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Easy, Homemade Sushi Rolls Recipe
Have you ever wondered if it was possible to make your own sushi rolls? It turns out you can. The best thing about homemade sushi rolls is that you can customize them according to each person's favorite ingredients.
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Do You Feel Like You Are Drowning in Your Circumstances?
One sunny afternoon last summer, I took the kids to the neighborhood pool. We spent most of our summer days there. All the boys could swim well and were comfortable swimming in the deep end. This day was an unusually busy afternoon. My youngest wanted to go home, so my oldest had just taken her back home to be with her dad, and I was near our stuff at the deep end. All of a sudden, I heard my youngest boy coughing and sputtering and I saw his head bobbing up and down in the water. I called his name twice to see if he was playing around or struggling.…
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Word of the Year; REST
It seems to be a common trend for people to choose a word of the year. I started having a word of the year a few years ago, after a close friend referenced hers. Since then, each year, I get a sort of “focus” word or phrase for the year. My word of the year usually ends up being an area of growth where I need to focus in order improve in one way or another. It is typically a flag to alert my attention as I’m hearing various messages. It’s something to keep me on track with my personal and spiritual growth journey. This year my word for the…
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Communicating Expectations: A Key to Successful Marriages
Did you know that expectations can be a poison that ruins a marriage? As we grow up, we all have experiences and environments that shape us and our perspectives of the world. The problem is, many of us think that how we grew up is normal. We tend to assume that others think or believe the way we do. We often have an expectation that others know our intentions or our thoughts or reality. Unfortunately, we all have different experiences and see the world in a much different way. Communicating our expectations can be one of the keys to successful marriages. This is probably most prevalent early on in relationships.…
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How to Make the Right Decision
“I’m Afraid to Make the Wrong Decision. I don’t want to miss God’s Direction.” Not too long ago, I was wrestling with these thoughts while I was trying to make a decision regarding my career. I really wanted to be following God and his plan for my life. I didn’t want to quit something that I thought he had called me to do. Making the right decision was a real struggle. I couldn’t figure out if he was calling me to walk away or if it was the enemy trying to hold me back. I wanted to make sure that I took the right path and made the right decision.…
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It’s O.K. to Do Hard Things; Perseverance is Important
“I don’t like ___. It’s too hard,” is a common phrase I hear. It doesn’t seem to matter whether it is from one of my toddlers, or a full grown adult, I tend to hear the phrase often. In our house, my response tends to be, “It’s ok to do hard things.” However, adults often don’t think that message applies to them. Our culture seems to promote that we should always be happy, or comfortable. If we are uncomfortable, everyone around us should change so we can be comfortable, or we should remove ourselves from the situation. Yet, I believe perseverance is an important character trait. If we always quit…
