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Grace... My Story...
In truth… I want to be able to continue to balance this life God has given me… I want to become a woman of balance for life… And I...
Amanda Winder
Mar 4, 20163 min read
More Love...
All throughout my life… I’d hear the comment, “your father loves you so much. He takes so much pride in you. He is so happy when he talks...
Amanda Winder
Mar 3, 20162 min read
Feeling like a Nine Year Old...
For about a week and a half… A conversation has resonated in my mind… I was in the car on the way to a birthday party… The nine year old...
Amanda Winder
Mar 1, 20162 min read
The Reality of Now...
I had a conversation the other day that resulted in this…. That life… All that it is… Well it’s not static… It’s not a constant plateau…...
Amanda Winder
Feb 29, 20162 min read
Grace... Covers a Multitude...
Over the years my grandmother has taught me a lot of things… Aside from all of the things about God… Well my favorite would have to be...
Amanda Winder
Feb 24, 20162 min read
Caught... Like a Fish...
If you’ve ever been fishing before you know the work it takes to catch a fish…The baiting… The waiting… The hooking… And then, of course,...
Amanda Winder
Feb 17, 20162 min read
To Rest Means to Sort...
For the last two years my mind, will and emotions have been wrapped up in my job… So choosing to follow the Holy Spirits lead and “just...
Amanda Winder
Feb 16, 20162 min read
Learning to Rest...
Rest is a word I’ve never been too fond of making friends with… I mean come on, we live in 2016…. Most see it as “keep doing and doing...
Amanda Winder
Feb 15, 20161 min read
No Need to Seek...
Changing my mentality… Swapping it up… Coming to a place where God is my Father rather than my master… It hasn’t been hard… It’s honestly...
Amanda Winder
Feb 12, 20162 min read
Kingdom Timing...
The word timing is a word I’ve heard my entire life… It’s been expressed in different ways… But I feel like the way it’s been stressed to...
Amanda Winder
Feb 10, 20162 min read
Preception Pending...
Over the last day or so… I’ve found myself angry… Angry with God… With things He’s spoken to me before and how they contradict what he’s...
Amanda Winder
Feb 9, 20162 min read
My Tale of Two Fathers...
As I wander with stillness… I’m learning something powerful… When I was a kid, my mom always told me, “the way you treat your earthly...
Amanda Winder
Feb 7, 20162 min read
Wandering with Stillness...
Emotions… They can be such a funny thing… A mixture that causes us to feel all sorts of ways at once… That’s where I am right now… I feel...
Amanda Winder
Feb 5, 20161 min read
Closing My Mouth...
It’s seems as though there’s an age old battle going on inside of me…And it simply lies in my ability to open and close my mouth… I was...
Amanda Winder
Feb 2, 20161 min read
Seasonal Grief...
I’m in a place right now… A place that is full of grief… Yet full of excitement… Looking back, I’m grateful for the death of my dad and...
Amanda Winder
Jan 29, 20162 min read
Ambassador...
In so many ways I’d like to say… I’d like to think… I’d like to allow myself to believe that I am a good ambassador of those around me…...
Amanda Winder
Jan 25, 20161 min read
Sons and Daughters... of the King
Living in the land of smoke and mirrors… A place that seems to be a world within itself… Focused on self… Well it’s taught me so much…...
Amanda Winder
Jan 21, 20162 min read
Growing Up...
Throughout childhood, we’re constantly asked the question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”… For so many reasons I’ve never...
Amanda Winder
Jan 15, 20162 min read
Waiting...
Have you ever had to wait for something?… But you don’t really know what you’re waiting for?… I feel like I am waiting on something… Like...
Amanda Winder
Jan 12, 20161 min read
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