Extracts of Truth & Encouragement from a Growth Journey with God
Posted on July 13, 2022 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Buying a home can be stressful, yet exciting! This was, again, evident, as I listened to a Kelly Minter pod cast (one of her Cultivate episodes) the other day; in that episode, she told a story about her aunt and uncle moving into town… Continue Reading “Internal Walk-Through”
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Posted on June 14, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I can hear thunder, as I begin to type this. It started about 10 minutes ago, but the rain is just now coming down. My kids are walking to a local park to watch a friend’s baseball game, and we’ve been playing phone tag,… Continue Reading “Ride out the Rain Delay”
Category: LifeTags: Blessings, Complete, Endurance, Faith, Favor, Give Honor to God, Grace, Joy, Little League, Maturity, Promise, Protection, Rain Delay, Remain Under, Ride it out, Share Joy, Spiritual Growth, Storm, Suffer, Tests, Thoughts, Wait Patiently
Posted on February 16, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
He had just left for a two-week long missions trip to another continent. The weeks leading up to my husband’s departure were excruciating, internally. There was SO much spiritual warfare going on; I could feel it, like a thick, heavy fog settling in. I… Continue Reading “Blessings: You Get and You Give”
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Posted on January 4, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Happy New Year! We ended last year, celebrating the wonder of Jesus–A Wonder–as displayed in the Judges 13 story of the Old Testament. It would do us well to begin a new year–a year many look forward to as being different than the last…a… Continue Reading “Wonder–Where is the Focus of Your Offering?”
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