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Subscribe to my blog posts. A Podcast chat @My Light Still Shines. March 6, 2017. The Lord sent sweet Retha my way back in November while in Nashville at the Business Boutique. Her unforgettable testimony is no doubt proof of God’s amazing grace. I invite you to get to know my new-found friend by visiting her website rethanichole dot com or better yet by subscribing to her podcast @My Light Still Shines where we are chatting today about the verse that changed the way I live. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
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5 NEW YEAR Questions for You to Share with Friends
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Subscribe to my blog posts. 5 NEW YEAR Questions for You to Share with Friends. January 12, 2017. We barricaded the living room entry with a recliner. Determined to have some post-holiday, HAPPY NEW YEAR-adult conversation with our friends. They have four children, and currently, we have four children who bring us to a ROARING 8 when we are together which is anything but calm but oh-so-necessary. Surely we aren’t the only parents who have considered a barricade? So, without further adieu’:. PrayBig the j...
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Speaking
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Subscribe to my blog posts. Do you love a good story? To hear one or to share one? Real life stories are my favorite. Stories make us laugh and cry and many times remind us, that we’re not that different after all. Most of us simply desire to be loved, want our lives matter, and hope we can make a difference. My heartbeat is to encourage. Others with REAL stories about REAL life. You name the time and place. Living room or ballroom… church or gymnasium. I look forward to our time together…. Books I’...
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Subscribe to my blog posts. Community – Use #PrayBig on social media! Domestic Shipping on orders of $75! More faithful than your most faithful friend, God wants to hear from you. If you are new to journaling, the simple, "HOW-TO" suggestions are there to guide you along your journaling journey. If you are already an avid journaler, GET GOIN'! Grab your Bible, journal a pen, some markers, and stickers! Find your favorite spot and DIG IN. Start your day with prayer and your favorite cup of coffee or tea!
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One thing to try if you’re dreading the holidays
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Subscribe to my blog posts. One thing to try if you’re dreading the holidays. November 28, 2016. The best way to finish something is to start. We could start with how many times I’ve started this post in my head, or we could start with the come-apart I had in the car on the day 14 days ago. Thankfully no children were present, and only the passerby in the parking lot saw me. If you’ve seen Summer School when the character, Chainsaw, overwhelmed with stress grabs his head, while taking a test &. In that p...
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“Thus far” 2016 the BIG year-ender
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Subscribe to my blog posts. 8220;Thus far” 2016 the BIG year-ender. December 31, 2016. 8220;Thus far the Lord has helped us.” (1 Samuel 7:12). I could not think of a better way to start a year-end post than to share these words from Streams in the Desert by L. B. Cowman. 8220;The words “ thus far. It’s that time of the year when many take a deep breath and look back. Tell me friends. How does it look from where you stand? If I may be so direct as to say, “It’s been more than a heck of a year! I grew up o...
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Journal
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Subscribe to my blog posts. If you are new to journaling, the simple, “HOW-TO” suggestions are there to guide you along your journaling journey. If you are already an avid journaler, GET GOIN’! Grab your Bible, journal a pen, some markers, and stickers! Find your favorite spot and DIG IN. What Others Are Saying…. Great journal to help direct you in your journaling, prayers, & time with the Lord! This journal/book will forever change your life. – Amazon Customer. Love the #praybig journal!
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I blogged.
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Subscribe to my blog posts. October 12, 2016. Well, kind of. Does a video count as a blog? A few quick things:. Yes, I still blog here. Why two months since my last post? All things FALL have had us on our toes at Fort Payne Feed and Garden since the first week of September. Pumpkins, mums, pansies, and more because October is our favorite color. If you haven’t been to see us yet, why? We have two playing soccer. No, they are not on the same team. Nuff’ said. Lastly, and heaviest on my heart. I am co...
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About
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Subscribe to my blog posts. I’m Karmen, the voice behind Blessings Beyond the Barnyard. I’m really glad you stopped by. You’ll read about things I love: Jesus, big hair, BIG prayers, encouraging and exhorting YOU. Exhort is just a fancy word meant to FIRE YOU UP! Did you know our creative Creator has a plan and a purpose for YOUR LIFE? This isn’t dressed rehearsal, and God wants so much more for us than the shallow end of the pool! My hope is to. And challenge you to #PrayBig. Books I’m reading.
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Inspire
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Subscribe to my blog posts. The Day My Son Thought I’d LOST IT! August 5, 2016. 8220;Mom, this is crazy.”. Is what he said just before we marched around a picnic table in our backyard seven times. I’m sorry, you did what? We marched around a picnic table in our backyard seven times. The cowboy, me, and our two boys. Wednesday afternoon, July 14. I placed a #PrayBig journal in the middle of our picnic table and asked my family to pray with me as we marched around it seven times. But the idea of marching a...
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