Abundant Gifts

I love this season, with all the celebrations that lend meaning to our lives!
So here’s a quick note to wish you a most blessed holiday season:

A Hannukah full of new light that continues to illuminate your world …
A Christmas overflowing with the gifts only the Savior can give …
A new year blessed with all the [...]

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This incident falls under the “disguised gift” category–for sure. And yet, even through it all, I can already see evident graces. I’m sure there are more I can’t see now, some I’ll perhaps never see, and some that will unfold.
The gift of this warning could save your life, or the life of a loved one.

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Andrea Kendrick, of Wheaton,IL, wrote to me this week about what Abundant Gifts has meant to her, and how one of the stories in particular turned around her marriage.
“When I received Abundant Gifts in 1999, I began using it as a daily devotional. I quickly discovered that I was not able to use it [...]

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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
–Willa Cather
I didn’t expect a gift from God for Mother’s Day this year. But on my usual early morning walk, I came upon a crabapple tree in full, fragrant bloom and a cottontail rabbit peacefully grazing beneath it. As the bunny went about [...]

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The following comes from a friend, Ann Fackler, who with her husband, Mark, often visits Nairobi, Kenya, for various aspects of mission work. I wanted to pass on her story for your Easter reflection.
“I know that my Redeemer lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has [...]

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The latest issue of the Abundant Gifts newsletter can be found at:
http://www.abundant-gifts.com/current_newsletter.html
IN THIS ISSUE:
  * A Timely Reminder
  * Don’t worry-Pray!
  * Name of God of the Month:
    Good Shepherd
  * Images of God ss Shepherd
  * Perspectives
  * Abundant Gifts to Relish in October … and more!
 

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The story I have to share with you today is not the story I thought God would write in my life.
You haven’t heard from me in a while, mainly because I’ve been super busy launching a book (MotherStyles: Using Personality Type to Discover Your Parenting Strengths) and a business (helping people get their books written [...]

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(But Will It Lead to Riches?)
by Diane Eble

It was bedtime one Monday night, and my 10-year-old daughter, Christine, and I were chatting as we often do while she gets ready for bed.

As she brushed her long brown hair, she suddenly said, “Mom, what is the meaning of life? I mean, like, why are we even [...]

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