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I pray that Carol’s Hope will help you:

Discover hope through “God-moments” in your day.
Encourage your heart, soul and mind.
Give you practical ideas and resources to help in your walk of faith.

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New Mercies

Are you weary, as I am, of inhumane treatment in Afghanistan, an overwhelming hurricane in Louisiana, a devastating earthquake in Haiti, political unrest here at home, and hurting friends? Where do we find hope when […]

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PRAYER FOR AFGHANISTAN

Picture a young M*slim woman, physically, emotionally and mentally abused by the husband she was forced to marry at age fourteen. Desperate, near death on occasion, losing several children in the womb. Then Jesus helped […]

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New Horizons, Renewed Connections!

Twenty-eight hundred miles later and four pounds lighter, Don and I returned from our road trip, filled with the love, majesty and grace we experienced along the way! We spent our first night out in […]

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Road Trip

Dear Readers, just a note to say Don and I are on a road trip so there is no post this week or next. I’ll be back the following week. Blessings to each of you!

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Froggies and New Birth

For what are you grateful this week? How hard is it to develop an attitude of gratitude when things around us aren’t going as we planned? I had lots to be thankful for this week, with the reminder that gratitude is pleasing to my Father. Read about it at carolshope.com/

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Open My Eyes

I looked out the kitchen window and gasped. I grabbed my husband’s arm, almost pulling him over in my excitement. American Goldfinch “Look, there, on the fence.” This little beauty didn’t stay long, but we […]

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Seventy times Seven

How do you and I respond to ongoing, chronic passive aggressive hostility? I’ve written about that at “Seventy Times Seven,”

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Tea, Breakfast, and a Falcon

I walked into Lisa’s Tea Treasures at 11:02 to see my sister-in-law, my niece, and two grandnieces I hadn’t seen in about two years. Makenna and Bailey, the two youngest, still wore their “tea” hats. […]

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Dads’ Day

I love remembering my Dad, who passed away in 2002. To read some of my memories as well as the hope of the God of the fatherless, read this post. I welcome your recollections.

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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds…”

Hebrews 10:23-24