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Audience of One.

A little rewind, because I love Christmas Plays: Audience of One.

Three years ago, around June 2014, I felt 6 little words stamped right on my heart by God. “You have an audience of One.” I even thought about writing a blog about what those words meant, but every time I began to write it, I would get distracted and never finish… A majority of this post was written 3 years ago, and looking back now, I think it’s because I hadn’t fully understood… and maybe I…

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Seventeen.

A post tonight about pain and promise. I'm calling it "Seventeen".

When I was 16, I had a rough year. I had two major surgeries. One of them was to fix my ankle, and the other one was to remove a tumor on my ovary. Both ruined my life. I couldn’t play volleyball anymore and was told I may never have children. But when I turned 17, my outlook on life improved almost immediately. I think maybe it was because I was so deeply depressed and uninterested in life…

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Accountable.

“Am I my brother’s keeper?”… such a smarmy comment to make to the Creator of the Universe. There is so much to be learned from the fourth chapter in the book of Genesis. I always wondered why God would set Cain up to lie, but then I started working with young children and I understood a little better. I’ve definitely asked questions that I already knew the answer to, not to force a lie, but as a…

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#Abel #Accountable #BrothersKeeper #Cain #Genesis4

A New Year's Revolution

A New Year’s Revolution

It’s crazy to think that 2012 is nearly over. I still have my list of resolutions hanging up on the wall, and only a few of them have been checked off. I thought that the changes that happened this year would have manifested outwardly, but despite my disappointment that I didn’t lose weight AGAIN this year, I’m happy with the changes made within. I’ve always known there was more to life than…

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#2012 #change #Christian #God #morals #new years #revolution #values

Finding Satisfaction

Some random thoughts today: Finding Satisfaction

So. I’m supposed to be cleaning my house and doing some studying today, but I was really hit with the Word, and I wanted to write it down for future reference… so I thought I might as well blog it, since I haven’t done it in a while… You know that story in the Bible about the rich man who comes to Jesus and is like “what do I need to do in order to inherit everlasting life?”, and Jesus tells him…

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#ABetterYouniverse #Finding Satisfaction #God #Jesus #Mark10 #Philippians4:13 #Rich Young Man #Satisfaction

Speak Up.

Attitude determines altitude, so: Speak Up.

I really love my mama. She knows who I am, but sees who I was created to be, and she reminds me of who that is all the time. This used to drive me nuts. I am a person who is very black and white. Things either are or they aren’t. So when I would say “I’m sick.” and she would come back with “No, you are healthy and strong. You walk in perfect health.” I felt like she didn’t listen to me. When I…

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#attitude #Christian #God #James #Power #Speak Up #words

What Are The Chances?

New Blog,,, Cuz I'm too excited about how GOOD my God is: What Are The Chances?

God is so cute. That’s a phrase the worship pastor at my church likes to use when God does something unexpected… and not seemingly in a good way, but in the end, it’s better than you first thought it was going to be. I’m sure there’s a better way I could’ve written that last sentence, but I’m heavily medicated from having major surgery. So cut me some slack, yeah? Because I’m going to tell you an…

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#ABetterYouniverse #Christian #Christianity #God #Jesus #Praise Report #Promises Of God #Romans #What Are The Chances

Food For Thought: Follow Up

Ok. So. I started a food blog, and already it has more readers than this blog… I’m sure there’s a Bible verse about satisfying your stomach over your soul somewhere… but if you would like some recipes, go ahead and also follow stoteskitchen.com

Also, health update: Wearing a walking boot for 6 months completely tilted my pelvis… so I got to have that popped back in place yesterday. Fun times……

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#Christian #Food #food for thought #Proverbs #StotesKitchen

Food For Thought.

When I created this blog, I imagined myself posting at least on a weekly basis, if not daily, and I thought it would be my thoughts on world events and politics.

Looking at it now, it seems it has turned into a journal about the ways God has been working in my heart… which I think is fine. After all, it’s called ABetterYouniverse… so makes sense that I would have to be doing something to become a…

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#Christian #Diet #Food #GlutenFree #Grain-Free #Health #PartTimePaleo #Romans 14:17

Trusting The Shepherd

New, weird blog to start off the new year: Trusting The Shepherd

This isn’t your average New Year’s Eve post… Sure, most people take stock of the year, what went well, or not so well, and turn them into resolutions for the next year…that they probably won’t even keep…

But sitting here tonight, I find myself desperately looking back over the year and wondering what God is trying to do in my life…

Because just last night, driving home with my sister after going…

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#Christian #God #Martha #Mary #Psalm 23 #Trusting The Shepherd #Waiting

Casualties of Change

I should be concerned about my midnight blogging habit... Will this even make sense in the morning? Oh well.. New post: Casualties of Change

I took the long way home the other day, and it brought me past my childhood house. I didn’t have a Miranda Lambert moment and knock on the door, but I did notice I dropped below the speed limit (probably to the annoyance of the driver behind me) and took in the view.

Everything about the exterior is different. The fence is now made of wood, not the low wire fence that my basset hound used to be…

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#Casualties of Change #change #Christian #Cornerstone #friendship #Isaiah 28:16 #Jesus #relationships

Windows.

Is it dark in here, or is it just me? New Blog: Windows.

Heartache. Grief. Loss. Pain. Fear.

I think a lot of times, people think that upon accepting Christ they receive an immunity from these things. The reality is that there is nothing that makes us immune to feeling the full spectrum of human emotions. And frankly, there are plenty of places in the Bible that basically say “life is going to suck” (We’ve already established my paraphrasing of…

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#A Better Youniverse #Faith #God #Grief #Hebrews #pain #Sorrow #WIndows

Run.

I'm a woman on a mission. New blog: Run.

I don’t run.

Like, you know those shirts that say “I don’t run, if you see me running, you should run too because something is chasing me”

… yeah… That’s me.

But when people come to me for advice, I usually tell them to run. To Jesus. Or Mama.

Obviously Jesus has more to offer than a human being, but I’m pretty, pretty sure God gave extra portions of grace and love to mom’s for when their kids…

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#1 corinthians 9:24 #Faith #Hope #Jesus #Mama #Mission #Overcoming #Prayer #Purpose #Run #Strength

Ripples.

Kind of a stream of consciousness blog tonight, hope you can follow along... Ripples.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mothertere121243.html#3fJm2IvfFGhPvXFp.99

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quo…

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#America #character #Conservative #Culture #esther #mother teresa #politics #small beginnings #women

Shine

Easter is my favorite day of the year. Here's a little blog: Shine

I’m super excited for the upcoming weekend. It’s Easter! Yay! But even though I love celebrating Jesus overcoming the grave every year, this year I’m especially excited.

The college/young professional ministry that I’m a part of is going to make this weekend about serving the homeless.

Ever since we got the idea in our minds, I’ve kept thinking about the story of the Lost Son from Luke 15: 11-31.

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#Christian #Easter #homeless #Lost Son #Luke 15 #Shine

Scars.

We've all got them... New post: Scars.

For a girl who has had 8 surgeries in the past 9 years, I’ve accumulated a few scars.

I’m not one of those people who are like “scars are beautiful and are the marks of survivors” blah…

They’re hideous and I wish I didn’t have them, but when I look at them, I am reminded that I’m not hurt or broken anymore. That pain is a part of my past that I no longer have to live with, and I’m thankful I get…

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I Am.

Yet another midnight blog post: I Am.

Today, as I was driving to caregroup, I was talking to myself… like I always do when I drive. (what? it’s just thinking aloud, right?)

But today, I wasn’t being very nice.

I’m lazy.

I’m ungrateful.

I’m undisciplined.

I’m judgmental.

I’m too negative.

I’m a complainer.

I’m fat.

I’m dumb.

I’m not like this other person.

I’m just…not enough.

God calls Satan “the accuser.” The Accuser likes to tell…

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#Christian #Exodus 3:14 #God #God&039;s love #I Am #Names of God #Psalm 17:6-7

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