Author: Nancy C. Williams
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The Privileged Life: Love that Lasts
“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love….’” (Jeremiah 31:3a) A few years ago, my beloved and I were roped into serving as contestants for a homemade version of “The Newlywed Game” in front of a crowd of friends. Even though we’d been married nearly three decades at that point, we were…
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The Privileged Life: 11 Christian Women Bloggers to Follow in 2022
“When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement.” Acts 15:31 In the mornings when I open my email inbox, I shove aside the spam to open the little “jewel boxes” waiting for me. I’m referring to blogs I receive from a number of Christian writers, and they never fail to bring joy, conviction,…
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The Privileged Life: When It’s Time to Leave the Fence
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.” (Psalm 139:14) Fences are good…as long as you’re on one side of them. Good fences, as poet Robert Frost quoted, “make good neighbors.”* They discourage trespassing, keep livestock enclosed, and even protect us from ourselves. Fences, however, were never meant…
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The Privileged Life: Cleaning House…with Jesus
When the new year rolls around, most people make resolutions to lose weight, exercise, get their finances in order, etc. I’m working on all those, too. For starters, though, I clean house. Well, let me clarify that…my husband prods me to clean house. To throw away or give away things that are no longer essential or desired.…
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The Privileged Life: Standing Among Giants
”There we saw the giants…and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33) My husband, Mark, is almost a giant—he’s 6’6” tall. Someone once called him “freakishly tall,” and the description stuck. Being tall is, for the most part, a nice attribute for him because people…
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