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Run Your Race

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 thebluegateblog1

I finally got the app to check for unfollowers on Instagram, not because I want to police my account, but because I don’t want to keep pursuing people who are not interested in a two-way relationship. It is still weird to me that it is par for the course to follow someone just to get […]

Glasses & Cookies

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 thebluegateblog2

“Change your narrative. It works brilliantly well,” were the last words of a short video I watched recently. How true it is! Your narrative is the story you tell yourself about your life. In a word, it’s

A Lot of “Lately”

August 2, 2017September 30, 2018 thebluegateblog

I can’t believe summer is coming to a close! It went by faster than any summer I can remember and when I think of why, a big smile comes across my face. This summer I was up and out of bed and did more than I have in probably the last 5 or so summers […]

What Does Your Label Say?

July 26, 2017June 4, 2018 thebluegateblog5

I’ve been peeling off a lot of labels lately… Some come off easily as soon as I see them. Some don’t want to budge and leave a sticky residue that I know will take some more conscious effort to fully remove. Some I didn’t even know where there until I removed one and found […]

Guest Post: That Moment When I Was a Victim

June 27, 2017 thebluegateblog

I met Kala last year through a mutual friend and have been so inspired by her journey from extreme sickness to vibrant health! I love talking with her and being challenged by her to recognize beliefs, or as Kala calls them, “high places”, that are contrary to what God has said – tearing the high […]

Guest Post: What I’ve Learned About Healing

June 8, 2017June 4, 2018 thebluegateblog

confu I met Jess last year through a mutual friend and she quickly became like a sister to me. I have loved getting to see her walk into healing, freedom, and peace and join her on a journey of learning about Grace, faith, and what Jesus already provided for us. I have watched her decide […]

Site #288

May 18, 2017June 4, 2018 thebluegateblog

Where it all started for us. Site #288. When we got our first camper and started out on the adventure of camping with three little ones, this quickly became “our spot”. I can still see my boy, two years old, climbing that tree on the right, smiling at me as he leans through the branches. […]

On Mother’s Day

May 14, 2017June 4, 2018 thebluegateblog

It’s Mother’s Day. Today sweet sentiments about moms are going to be plastered all over social media and television and America will celebrate motherhood. I am so thankful to have a mom who loved (and still loves me) well and whom I think the world of. I am thankful beyond words to have three […]

The Christ Who IS

April 14, 2017May 22, 2018 thebluegateblog

“I am He that lives, and was dead; behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of death and hell.” Revelation 1:18 Today is Good Friday. On this day over 2,000 years ago the long awaited Messiah, the One who was supposed to bring salvation and set His people free, was […]

Seeds

April 10, 2017 thebluegateblog

Our kids planted flower seeds not too long ago. They have carefully been watering them and waiting to see signs of life. A few days ago, our youngest was the only one who still didn’t have any sprouts in her flower pot and she was very distraught. She had been taking such good care of […]