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Getting to the Business of Living

“I have these yesterdays that creep into my future. I try to walk in new dreams but I have this old pain that just gets in the way. I seek after new moments but it seems to be the old me when I get there. I’m looking for something new but it never seems to [...]

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She’s a PRO 31.28-31 The sum of all beauty–Three Lovely Things To Say About Me

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Even though it doesn’t look like it and even though we may feel like people ‘use’ us more than they ‘thank’ us, serve anyway with a pure heart because the day is coming when the praise will be forthright, overwhelming and uplifting. There will come a day when our children will call us blessed and [...]

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She’s a PRO 31.27 We Have Work To Do

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When my dreams remain at the forefront of my mind, there is seldom enough room to complain or to loose focus. My life is the business of creating. I only have time to build things glorious. I only have time to fight for things worthy. I only have time to stand and create a life [...]

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She’s a PRO 31.26 A Beautiful Tongue . . . Watch What You Say Lady

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Do you remember going to the carnival or a street fair when you where little? Or maybe just to the ice cream truck for one of those colored icicles that left your tongue blue. When everybody saw you they knew what you just had and you didn’t care. You probably even stuck your tongue out [...]

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She’s a PRO 31.25 She wears it well . . .

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It’s time to get back to the She’s a PRO Series. We almost have a full picture of her, so let’s close it out. The PRO 31.25 dresses in character, stands secure and rejoices over her tomorrows because she knows that she is ready and her family is prepared. You know what? She does the [...]

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She’s a PRO 31:21

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She’s ready. The PRO is prepared for the worse but expecting the best out of life. She is ready to move, ready to take action, ready to show love, ready to extend grace, ready to hold her ground. Not only that but she takes the time to prepare the people around her. So yes, when [...]

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She’s a PRO 31:18, Part A

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An ever burning candle is prepared to give light, especially in the dead of night. But there is a difference between readiness, and burning your candle at both ends all day long. We often live our lives on burn out. The average American (or any person who adopts our way of life) lives at high [...]

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She’s a PRO 31:17

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What good are our dreams coming to the fore front of our lives, if we’re in no shape to handle them when they arrive? A woman of excellence prepares herself with strength. She gets her mind ready to live the dream by practicing being what she says she is. She rehearses it in her head [...]

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She’s a PRO 31:16

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It was Saturday morning and Jewel had the day to herself. Her friend, Susan, and fellow mother, was taking the kids for the day. As Jewel stepped out the door, she thought, “I love our Saturday trades.” One Saturday out of the month they take each others kids. It gives the other mother a day [...]

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She’s a PRO 31:15

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First things first, I need my time with God so that He can refuel me with His word. Each day holds new challenges and responsibilities. And sometimes the weight of the day before attaches itself to us so strong that it joins us in our sleep and wakes with us the next morning. It is [...]