Encouragement – angelaschmeling

Easter – not just a one day celebration

We are in the beautiful season of Easter, but how often do we forget what that truly means? Yes, it means gathering together with your family and celebrating. Yes, it can mean having fun with Easter egg hunts and decorating. Lots of food and going to church together. But do we remember what we are…
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Crazy World – Lots of Smells

Have you ever stepped into a barn and instantly your nose gets flooded by smells of hay mixed with animal sweat and poop? It’s gross. At first. But after awhile, if you stay in the stinky area, you can adjust to it and soon the smell is no longer a problem. You don’t think about…
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Keep Growing!

Have you ever had a garden? Watched it grow from a seed in the dirt into a beautiful flower, or a hearty tomatoes? I am not much of a gardener, but over the last few years I have successfully gotten cucumbers and tomatoes to grow in my garden. I’ve turned my black thumb into more…
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Not Living, Simply Not Dying

As we are still in the midst of this pandemic, though there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I feel pressed to remind and encourage everyone to keep living. For most of us, we’ve been stuck in this quarantined state, barely leaving our homes. For many, they are paralyzed by fear of…
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2020

It is definitely a different world that we are living in right now. A different kind of norm than we are used to. Oftentimes now when we have the opportunity to leave our homes, this is how we leave or are greeted by others. Yes, this is definitely different and hard. And with everything negative…
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Hold on…there is hope in the midst of darkness

In the words of the wisest crab of the ocean: Life is….hard and there are times that it is so easy to let yourself be overcome. It is tough to see the rainbow when you are going through the storm. We have seen this more and more frequently and over the course of the last…
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Just a microwave mentality…

I remember a few months after I had my second child, I was working out a lot and watching what I ate. Just dying to get that baby weight off and back down to at least my pre-pregnancy weight. The problem was it wasn’t going fast enough for me. So when I went in for…
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Big dreams – lots of patience required…

I don’t know about you, but I have big dreams. God has instilled within me a dream and a passion that I know someday will be fulfilled. But in the meantime, I wait. And during times of waiting, there can be discouragement and frustration and even anger at times. And the times that you truly…
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Know your identity

I really enjoy the show called This Is Us. I became very drawn to this show because of the family dynamics that are so realistic. But one thing that really catches me is the character Kate. She struggles very much with her weight and finding who she is outside of her weight. I can relate…
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Keep Moving Forward

Everyone has a fear. That deep seated fear that is difficult to find refuge from. For my mother it’s heights. My husband has a huge arachnophobia, which if you learn the story behind it is very justified. For me, I’ve always had a fear of failure. Because failing isn’t acceptable in my mind. Failing means…
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