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The Christmas Giver
I've been sad.... I just couldn't "feel" Christmas this year. So I prayed and God reminded me. Oh how I love Him and how He never...

Julie Branstetter
Dec 24, 20134 min read
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Hands Full of Blessing
Would you rather be the hungry person sitting under a tree when the apple falls or the person who climbs the tree and shakes the apples...

Julie Branstetter
Dec 11, 20132 min read
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Strawberry Sorbet
This sorbet is smooth and creamy and absolutely delicious. I am amazed how few ingredients there are in this and yet how delicious it...

Julie Branstetter
Nov 6, 20132 min read
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Faith For Today
It amazes me to see how God works. Some of the most significant things He does are often done through people who have no idea what He is...

Julie Branstetter
Nov 4, 20133 min read
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God (still) With Us
Christmas is not only a reminder that God came to us to be close to us and to reconcile us to Himself, but remember as we cross the...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20132 min read
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To Grow in Gratitude
Want to GROW in GRATITUDE? Try practicing this. The next time you're dealt a nasty blow in life, the next time things aren't smooth or...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20131 min read
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A New Thing Kind of God
Just another everyday experience in walking with God: This morning as I was waking up I started to think about my doctor appointment...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 5, 20132 min read
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Homemade Granola With Fruit
Ingredients 4 Cups of Old Fashioned Oats (NOT quick oats) 1 to 1.5 Cups of chopped almonds (I sometimes use 1/2 pecans and 1/2 almonds)...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 3, 20131 min read
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Jakob's Baby Blanket
Jake's new blanket. Very soft and cozy. I used three skeins of baby yarn - bulky size 6. I cast onto the green long loom all the way...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 3, 20131 min read
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Summer Knitting for Fall
I am "getting my knit on." I have my yarn pulled out, my looms, my refresher books and hooks and off I go! I know you may be thinking,...

Julie Branstetter
May 28, 20134 min read
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My Best Chili Recipe!
Here is another one of those recipes for inviting groups of people over to your house for no other reason than to feed it to them. It is...

Julie Branstetter
May 18, 20132 min read
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Simple Southern Living
I took my girls out for a day of strawberry picking at Deans Farm in Wilson, NC today. They enjoyed some homemade ice cream and berries...

Julie Branstetter
May 3, 20131 min read
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Battle Park 2012
We took a walk through Battle Park in Rocky Mount, NC together today with my new camera I received for Christmas. I have to learn how to...

Julie Branstetter
Dec 29, 20122 min read
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Homemade Whipped Cream
Homemade whipped cream is so easy it almost doesn't warrant a blog post, except that almost no one I know realizes it can be homemade...

Julie Branstetter
Nov 5, 20121 min read
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Sitting In The Ashes
Have you ever found yourself like Job, "sitting in the ashes"? If you haven't you will. Everyone has a seat in the ashes one day and most...

Julie Branstetter
Sep 13, 20122 min read
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Talk Is Cheap
"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" ~ Psalms 46:10 (NKJV) “Step...

Julie Branstetter
Jul 12, 20124 min read
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A Weekend at the Coast
Recognize this house? It's the house used in the movie "Nights in Rodanthe" from the Nicholas Sparks book. Can you imagine going to bed...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 28, 20122 min read
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Letting the World Fall Apart
I had an interesting conversation (all day really) but especially in the car riding with my mom today about cell phones and face book and...

Julie Branstetter
Jun 22, 20123 min read
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What I Love About Small Town Southern Living
Maybe I am a little different; a little odd. That's fine. I feel like an old person trapped in a young person’s body and I always have....

Julie Branstetter
May 30, 20128 min read
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Christians, Not a Lawless People
There is a dead religion and a pure religion. If you believe all religion is bad, let me warn you, that's not a biblical understanding...

Julie Branstetter
May 20, 20129 min read
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