Category Archives: The Year Uncluttered (2014)

Ashamed (A Painful Confession)

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Sometimes pain is good.  It hurts like a good massage.  This story is like that. In the interest of illumination, I share the story, because I tend to hide things in the dark that I don’t want to be seen.  That’s … Continue reading →

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Death at Christmas (Part 2)

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Only days ago, some people close to me lost their wife and mother. In her life, this woman collected things that say joy. Her last word was “heaven”. The family has not even had time to host her funeral yet. Other close … Continue reading →

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10,000 Reasons for My Heart to Find

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Instead of counting 1000 gifts in 2014, I was inspired to set a goal of finding 10,000 reasons to be grateful.  Yesterday, thanks to God’s grace and sustaining power, I made it. The screen shot shows simple things. I also … Continue reading →

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The Hard Lesson of the Joy Day

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Somehow, I knew it.  I knew the lesson from the Joy Day would be something completely unexpected, and it was. At 4 p.m. on the Joy Day, two disturbing things happened: I opened a folder on my computer called “Taxes … Continue reading →

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It’s a Joy Day

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Just Stephanie

I love how God patiently repeats a theme so I can get it. Today’s rotating Bible reading (John 16:16-24) from Call to Growth yielded these 2 scriptures, which leapt off the page to my eyes: 1.  22 So also you have … Continue reading →

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The Hard Work of Living

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Life is hard. So why do I live like it’s an endless carnival, where I should have every cotton candy moment that I want? God is parenting me through this classic book: I read it in the late 90s, and … Continue reading →

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7

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Just Stephanie

I guess it’s time to explain my participation in 7.  The post below was almost ready to go in early June.  All it lacked was the photo. You get to read it in early August.  (I’m sorry.) Here you go: … Continue reading →

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How #PowerSheets Changed My Life

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Most people have run up the white flag on their 2014 goals. Or maybe they just quit quietly, by attrition*. I’m here today to encourage and challenge you: Hang in there with me?  Recommit?  Or better yet, start now?   It’s never … Continue reading →

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Progress in the Year Uncluttered

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Just Stephanie

Never give in.  Never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.  (Winston Churchill) The above quote inspired me for many years, and it inspires me to … Continue reading →

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Letting go…

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Just Stephanie

“You’ve got to take your hands off your life if your life’s ever going to take wing.”   That’s what Ann Voskamp says in this post that blessed me today. So why am I holding on with clenched fists (my … Continue reading →

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