Anne’s Blog
Getting Even or Giving Grace
On Thanksgiving morning, I received a text from someone I didn't know. It was a “go fund me” request and I didn't know if it was legitimate or not. I asked who they were but within a few seconds, there was another text. I realized then that this was a group text. This...
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With and Without Faith
When I read the line, "Without faith NOTHING IS POSSIBLE and with it NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE,” it challenges me. Faith, in simple terms, is believing in what you cannot see. We live it out every day. When you have what you want or ask for, you no longer need faith. I...
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The Wonder and Ponder of Christmas
The sights and sounds of Christmas are all around us! Shopping centers brimming and shoppers loaded with gifts. Kids waiting in long lines to have their pictures with Santa. Christmas music plays in the background. This is the Christmas scene in the 21st century. This...
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My Very Own Christmas Miracle
I've been hearing lots of Christmas Carol this season as I'm shopping and it always makes me want to hum along. There’s something about Christmas that floods me with memories and thrills my heart. Christmas takes me back to my childhood. My memories are not about...
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Being All You Can Be
Recently I spoke at a women’s conference called Women After Gods Own Heart in Oklahoma City. There was plenty of inspiration during the conference from the amazing singers and speakers. However, none impacted me more than a little nine-year-old girl, Mariah. She was...
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The Good Kind of Surprise
How many of you enjoy surprises? I'm not talking about the kind of surprise that alters our lives by way of natural calamities, news of a life-threatening condition, or a devastating event. Unfortunately, those unwelcoming surprises can traumatize us for years and...
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Being Thankful at Thanksgiving
Here in the states, we're getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving! It has become a special time that we set aside to remember all the blessings we're grateful for. I recently had the joy of spending a few days in Gap Pennsylvania where we lived for 27 years. There was...
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If You Want Change You Have To Make Changes
Most of us experience life with some regret. I certainly did my share of regretting. Regret in its simplest form is wishing we would’ve done things differently because we don’t like the way life has turned out. Our childhood dreams have ended and we live with the...
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Why Relationships With People Are Greater Than Things
I saw a billboard recently that provoked my thinking about relationships. It read, “Lonely billboard....looking for a long-term relationship." It made me think about how little value we put into relationships. (A relationship with a billboard?) Well, I must admit it...
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Connection Over Isolation
There is a quote that has resonated with me over the years. It is, “Alone we die. Connected we live." (Dr. Richard Dobbins) I've lived this first hand and yet, being alone, or being in isolation, is a comfortable place to live when the pain is too much. Yet, we live...
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The Key To Staying Married
Recently, my husband and I celebrated 50 years of marriage! Marriage is a good idea. Marriage is Gods idea. The best decision I made was marrying Jonas Beiler at nineteen years old. You may wonder how a teenager could even begin to know that getting married was a good...
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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
I don’t know about you, but excuses have kept me from moving forward in a number of areas of my life. I like to say that excuses are like toes, everyone has at least 10 of them. Excuses keep us stuck from moving forward and reaching our goals. Since I talked about...
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Good and Bad Habits
Are you like me? Do you always have an excuse not to exercise? Being healthy has always been important to me and after years of depression, I was determined to never allow myself to go there again. We have the power to do a few things that will give us a better...
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What Are You Planting in Life
We’re in the middle of the summer season and fall is just around the corner. The fall season on the farm meant it was harvest time. I learned at a very young age if we were to have a good harvest, planting the right seeds at the right time was a skill every farm girl...
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Human BEing Vs Human Doing
We are created as human BEings, not human DOings. Yet we spend the bulk of our lives DOing and give very little thought to BEing. One of my lifelong struggles has been to simply BE instead of always DO. I remember when I was first challenged by the thought of BEing....
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