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Jacque Watkins

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For When It Is a Challenge to Love

by Jacque Watkins

I wear it hoping that it will become true of me … LOVE  Jn 13:35. That somehow the feel of it around my neck will make me mindful and aware. That the clanking of the pearl against the metal will help me remember. And it isn’t even 10am and I glance over to see one child hitting […]

For When Loving the Right Way Just Doesn’t Feel Right

by Jacque Watkins

I’m learning that sometimes loving the right way doesn’t always feel right in the moment. But loving the right way is a love that acts, beyond the emotions of the now, and fights hard to see the goal at the finish. And this is my challenge. You see, I’ll admit to you … I’m a recovering […]

Connected {This Season and the Whole Year Through}

by Jacque Watkins

In this season of extravagance and celebration, in the bustling to buy and then the wrestling to wrap. Amidst it all, the real purpose of this season is to be connected. Connected to friends and family … nurturing the newness and repairing the broken. Connected to those you love most of all. He made us for […]

Trading Poverty for Wealth…One Verse at a Time

by Jacque Watkins

The morning sun gleamed through the wood shutters as I settled myself into my regular spot on the couch, the spot I’ve grown familiar with…the place where we meet…where I read and I talk, and listen and ponder and grow. This, a daily privilege I enjoy, just me alone with Him, in this place…the place […]

Where there is Love

by Jacque Watkins

It was a round table where we met…hearts wanting to learn and hearts wanting to share…

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Hi and welcome! I'm a Grace-clinger, Mercy-lover, wife, and mom to five ... a writer, part-time labor & delivery nurse, and podcaster of Mud Stories, who believes we are so very loved, and never, ever alone! I'm so very glad you're here! Read more about me here...

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