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Dear Friends -
It’s February! Ummmm…Can you smell the chocolate? It’s hard to stay on that January diet in when the store shelves are screaming…“Godiva.” If you are single make certain to read the article below on how to survive Valentines Day as a single.
This edition is focused on how to quench our spiritual thirst. A person may be dry due to a crisis of faith or just plain lethargy. Either way the article will help you to find a way to the oasis. For a great read on this subject check out this month’s book give away, “Meet me at the Well” by Virelle Kidder.
Warmly In Christ,
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I commonly refer to 2006 as “the year from hell.” It all began when my husband lost his job and overnight I felt old, fat and poor. Each following month produced another catastrophe. Our home was hit by lightning, destroying a TV, telephones, and my computer. A medical issue catapulted us into the eye-opening maze of health insurance, plus I had an allergic reaction to penicillin while at a speaking event. And if things weren’t bad enough a church reneged on a ministry commitment, causing me a serious financial loss.
On and on it went, relentlessly. Waiting for the next wallop, I curled up into a fetal position and prayed that Jesus would return. I was desperate for a drop of “living water” to restore my faith, my soul, and a desire to live. Job became my patron saint, and by September I fanaticized about running away from home. No plan or destination, merely—“Get me outta here!”
When rainstorms shroud my life the only thing I yearn for is safe, dry land. I don’t care if God is using the... [read more]
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I’m single and I find Valentines Day extremely depressing. Is there any way to cope with the day for “star-crossed” lovers? |
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When I went through my divorce Valentine’s Day was one of the most dreaded days of the year. I hated it. The endless scenarios of people falling in love or frolicking on sun baked beaches all confirmed that I was a failure. During that season of loss and grief my friends tried to tell me I was a terrific person. But I felt like an ugly, rejected loser who couldn’t keep a husband, and Valentine’s Day was the proof.
Engagement ring commercials inflicted the worst torture. I’d watch the lovers proclaiming a life of endless bliss, pledging eternal love to each other. And the sparkling emerald-cut diamond ring somehow made it all delightfully perfect. My cynical tongue would hiss, “Yeah, someone made that vow to me once too—don’t believe it!”
After several years of helping others during their divorce, and time spent listening to truth instead of the media, I discovered a handful of encouraging ways for single people to cope with the day for “lovers.” [read more]
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Has your spiritual life grown dry and lifeless? Would you like a drink from the chalice of “Living Water”? Then look no more. Laura shares:
- Why spiritual dehydration occurs
- When a soul is most likely to wither
- Where to find the bottomless well
- How to remain drenched in the divine
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Memorable Quotes:
Never think that God's delays are God's denials.
— George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. — Corrie Ten Boom |
Contact Laura Today!
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In this Issue:
Resource
Give-Away Contest:
The January 2009 Winner was Elaine McGowan from New Covenant Church, The Villages, FL. Congratulations, Elain!
This month’s resource give-away contest winner will receive Meet Me At the Well by Virelle Kidder.
Check out her website:
www.VirelleKidder.com
Be the 9th person to contact me. To enter this month's Resource Give-Away Contest, enter simply by contacting me.
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What's New:
March 14
Richmond, VA
Bonair Baptist Church
“Thriving as a Single Parent Family"
Contact: lisa.svanda@bonairbaptist.org
Laura was a guest on Woman to Woman Radio scheduled in May 2009. Watch for details.
To obtain Laura’s articles for
FREE in Focus on the Family magazines, click here.
To read Laura's article "Forgiveness: Clearing Up Common Misconceptions"
click here.
Did You Know...
Did You Know this about US Presidents?
- James Buchanan was the only one who never married.
- Ronald Regan was the only one to have been divorced.
- John Tyler had the most children: 15
- Before 1901 the White House was called the “Executive Mansion”
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