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    The Beauty of Rest in Our Motherhood
    easpenner
    • Nov 23, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Beauty of Rest in Our Motherhood

    It shouldn’t be like this, you know? This continuous feeling of being steamrolled by our own motherhood. Sheer exhaustion. Day in. And...
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    God's Sweet, Amazing Grace
    easpenner
    • Nov 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    God's Sweet, Amazing Grace

    Five cups of hot chocolate and a Netflix Christmas movie. That's how Friday night ended. That's not how, however, how Friday night...
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    Our Children Always Deserve Our Grace
    easpenner
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Our Children Always Deserve Our Grace

    This was the scene last night of a mighty, mighty battle… …a little boy taking on the world with his strong will and terrible threes… …a...
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    A Mama Just Needs a Minute...
    easpenner
    • Aug 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Mama Just Needs a Minute...

    A mama stays up late to set it all down... Ask just about any mama, and she’ll tell you—even if she falls asleep sitting up on the...
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    Sometimes, being a mama means taking a lifeboat ride on the ever-giving waves of God's grace...
    easpenner
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sometimes, being a mama means taking a lifeboat ride on the ever-giving waves of God's grace...

    Sometimes, being a mama means not wanting to do one more thing. It means passing up a sink full of dishes, over and over, and over...
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    Motherhood is Humbling Yourself in God's Name
    easpenner
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Motherhood is Humbling Yourself in God's Name

    Within 28 hours of this photo being taken... I watched my baby have an asthma attack. I walked into the ER just before 2:00 AM. I caught...
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    A Mother's Love will Forever Stop Me in My Tracks...
    easpenner
    • Jun 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Mother's Love will Forever Stop Me in My Tracks...

    It stops me in my tracks every single time... The little scrunched up knees. The little busy toes, finally resting The mesmerizing,...
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    Sweet Mama, You Are Never Alone
    easpenner
    • May 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sweet Mama, You Are Never Alone

    Last night was one of those nights. The kind of night, up with the baby. Then losing myself in mindless Facebook scrolling. Feeling worse...
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    The WomAn at the Well
    easpenner
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    The WomAn at the Well

    How often do you find yourself as one of the women at the well? Not the womAn. The womEn. The women who met up daily to gossip. The women...
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    Staying in Stride with God
    easpenner
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Staying in Stride with God

    Sometimes, I leave God in the dust. Sometimes, the childlike excitement of life surges through my veins, and I bound ahead. Sometimes, my...
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    She rises...
    easpenner
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    She rises...

    When the day is done, and she has done her best, after she lays her head down, for what she knows will be only a brief rest; she rises....
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    Our Messes, His Grace
    easpenner
    • Feb 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    Our Messes, His Grace

    Everyday our little guy dumps his food on the wrong side of the sink. Trying to keep up with his big sisters, but not quite understanding...
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    Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?
    easpenner
    • Feb 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?

    I cringe at perfect. It's hard for me to even fathom. And that's a lot to admit from a (still) recovering perfectionist. There are days...
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    The Messes Make Us Whole
    easpenner
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Messes Make Us Whole

    Oh, some days I think the sound will absolutely do me in. The gritty crunch and crack. The dozens of crushed pieces. Underfoot and...
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    2020, meet 2021...with grace, please
    easpenner
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    2020, meet 2021...with grace, please

    2020, You were a year. A year the world never expected. But, a year God knew was coming, all along. A year that threatened to break us. A...
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    A Walk with God and Anxiety
    easpenner
    • Jan 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    A Walk with God and Anxiety

    "You have it backwards, you know?" He said sternly. Stopped me right in my walking tracks. As I paused and found myself entranced with...
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    He Meets Us in our Messes
    easpenner
    • Dec 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    He Meets Us in our Messes

    Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...
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    A Mother's Strength
    easpenner
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 0 min

    A Mother's Strength

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    First, there was simple...
    easpenner
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    First, there was simple...

    Before the need for perfect, there was simple. Oh, so completely simple. A stable. Wooden manger. An exhausted new mother. A terrified...
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    Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him
    easpenner
    • Dec 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Meeting Jesus Where We Need Him

    Sunday mornings are for meeting Jesus. That's what so many of us learn. What so many of us try to embrace. Sunday mornings are for...
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