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For the Love of God
“But the disappointment God… It’s SO heavy. I don’t want to feel it anymore. I don’t want to carry it anymore. Plus… Paired with the...
Amanda Winder
Aug 12, 20202 min read
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Stopped... In the Name of Love
I’ve had this awkward sensation in my left side for about 4 months now. At first it concerned me because it was so strange, but then I...
Amanda Winder
Oct 7, 20192 min read
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Lovely Perception
Can I be honest for a moment? I honestly see no real need for Valentine’s Day. I mean if you want to spend a day wasting more time, money...
Amanda Winder
Feb 14, 20191 min read
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She Can’t Be Moved
Everything with God feels like a challenge lately. Every part of following His plan for my life continues to come with unscalable walls...
Amanda Winder
Dec 2, 20181 min read
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Needy Necklace...
When I turned 16 all I wanted was a digital camera for my birthday… They were new… They were exciting… Plus no one I knew really had one...
Amanda Winder
Dec 9, 20172 min read
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Cake Box Love...
Love… What is it?… We all crave it… We all innately need it in the core of our very being… Spirit, soul and body, we are longing for...
Amanda Winder
Mar 9, 20172 min read
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Mom-Mom...
Not knowing yesterday morning what was in store, I ended my journal entry with the statement that He is “always good”… Fitting for...
Amanda Winder
Oct 19, 20163 min read
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When Do I Get My Mom Back?...
Can I ask a really real question for a moment?… Life… Can you pause yourself for a moment and answer a question for me?… When does my...
Amanda Winder
Sep 14, 20161 min read
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Loving Self, Being Me...
Perfect, whole, complete love… It truly doesn’t allow fear to stand… It’s who God the Father is at His very core… A complete picture of...
Amanda Winder
Sep 7, 20162 min read
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New Level, New Love...
You know those moments in life… The ones that cause you to feel like where you are is no longer where you should be?… And so then moving...
Amanda Winder
Aug 7, 20162 min read
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Loving My Body...
Just recently I had a conversation with a friend about health and fitness… Knowing the journey I’ve been on in life with my weight, image...
Amanda Winder
Aug 2, 20162 min read
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Our Purpose... Love...
In the midst of our reality… As a nation, I believe one of the most important things we can do is simply embrace the simplicity of our...
Amanda Winder
Jul 8, 20162 min read
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Searching for the Diamond...
Several nights ago I had a dream… In the dream I slid face first down a giant slide… On the way down, my diamond necklace got caught in a...
Amanda Winder
May 21, 20162 min read
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Worthy of Love...
Worthy of love… It’s what “Amanda” means… Though most of the time I find myself very unaccepting of love… Almost shying away from the...
Amanda Winder
May 16, 20162 min read
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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
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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
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To Travel is to Learn...
Travel the world he said… Travel it… Go for it… Move out of your comfort zone and don’t be afraid to try something new… Over the last few...
Amanda Winder
Sep 1, 20153 min read
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Potential in the Good...
"Love is not boastful"… Love is not prideful… That’s what that means to me… And it means it in the most obvious and clear way possible…...
Amanda Winder
Mar 23, 20152 min read
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Just Tears and Love...
Sometimes pain isn’t evident until you have something to provoke it…. You feel fine and life is just moving along… And then something...
Amanda Winder
Mar 17, 20152 min read
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Hugging It Out
When someone you love… someone you care about… someone that’s close to you is gone… you make a choice…. Mom said last month that she’s at...
Amanda Winder
Nov 26, 20143 min read
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