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Day 824:  A Photo (or two) A Day

1/28/2015

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Winter Storm Iola at the Rupff estate
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Ev cleaning off my car
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Along the side of our house
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Front walkway
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In our backyard
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What a wonderful husband!!
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Along the side of our house
"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. 
You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, 
and if this is not enchantment then
where is it to be found?"

J. B. Priestley
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Day 823:  A Photo A Day

1/23/2015

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Unbelievably, we still have some Christmas chocolate around the house! (We thought these reindeer looked like bunnies)
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Day 822:  A Photo A Day

1/22/2015

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Frosty Fern (Selaginella kraussiana)
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Day 821:  A Photo A Day

1/19/2015

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
What's not to love?  Easy to make and simply delicious!
For recipe click here
Thank you, Kristen at "Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Oh My!" for your awesome blog!
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Day 820:  A Photo a Day

1/16/2015

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Whole Wheat English Muffin Bread
I LOVE english muffins, but sometimes they're so expensive... So glad I found this recipe! 
Super-delicious without any artificial ingredients, and so easy! I doubled the recipe to freeze a loaf.
 For recipe click here.
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Day 819:  A Photo A Day

1/15/2015

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Thoughtful Rose...
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Day 818:  A Photo A Day

1/14/2015

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Christmas Week sunrise in Virginia
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Have a Bunny Day!

1/13/2015

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Anyone who knows us knows that we love bunnies here at the Rupff estate. My husband found this video last night, and I oooohed and giggled hilariously though whole thing. If you need a laugh or a smile today, I highly encourage you to watch this!!!
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The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

1/12/2015

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After a difficult night's sleep with lots of tossing and turning, right before I woke up this morning, I had a dream in which I was discussing with someone the lyrics to the theme song for the TV show, The Courtship of Eddie's Father.  Snippets of "walking hand in hand" and "He's my best friend" came to mind. I felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit saying, "This is the kind of relationship the Father wants to have with you."  Soooo.... with the magic of You Tube, I watched the original theme song (above). I see a young, vibrant, relaxed father playing, running, gently talking with his son, focused completely on him... WOW!! What a dad! Certainly a far cry from the white-haired, scary, strict, image I've had of Father God. 
PRAYER:  God, you are AWESOME!  Thank you for loving me and opening my eyes to see you in a new way. Help ME experience the real You and let go of the old, religious ideas I've had about what you're like. I want to step into a carefree, intimate, and fun relationship with YOU! I pray this in Jesus' Name, Amen.
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“God Longs To Create  with You!”

1/9/2015

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I LOVE today's inspiring blog post by Allen Arnold on www.NovelRocket.com!  
It applies to all creatives. Thank you, Mr. Arnold!
For original post click here.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 09, 2015
Your Beautiful, Rowdy Story
by Allen Arnold

If your attempts to write are met with distraction, disappointment or disheartenment, it’s worth asking why.

The natural reasons may seem obvious – no free time to write, struggles with craft, or roadblocks from the ever-changing publishing industry. Perhaps it’s the time drain of staying active in social media.

But you don’t live in a natural world.

You live in a supernatural world.

And if you know that God has given you the gift of story and you are actively pursuing that calling with Him, then your writing will face spiritual opposition.

As followers of the Way, we have an enemy. Satan opposes both the story we are living and the stories we are writing. I’m convinced he has a unique hatred for those who create worlds with words because they remind him of the Creator. God is the Author of Life. The closest Satan can get to this title is the Author of Lies. I think he burns with envy when we join creative forces with God and are taught – as sons and daughters of the King – how to breathe characters into existence and give birth to worlds.

Hafiz, the 13th century Persian poet, offers this gem: “The small man builds cages for everyone he knows – while the Sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful, rowdy prisoners.”

That’s worth reading again. Our enemy is the small man who tries to keep us prisoners. God is the Sage continually dropping keys of freedom into our scarred hands. The enemy does his best to keep us caged so we never awaken to God’s invitation of life and creativity. Yet God is our heroic rescuer who will not be deterred. His invitation is not merely freedom – but a life of intimacy with Him. Don’t miss this. God doesn’t just want you free. He longs for your presence.

If you are not actively creating with God, then the story you are giving birth to has no power. Sure, it may be well crafting, entertaining, and even evoke an emotional response. But it will have no eternal spark. Only co-creation with God adds that.

So the enemy tries to keep us imprisoned, numb to our true identity. That’s why 

he rages as God relentlessly drops keys to the beautiful, rowdy prisoners. Because once we are awakened and set free, we can’t help but tell beautiful, rowdy stories of life, freedom, rescue, and love.

Redemptive art flows naturally from a redeemed artist – whether the themes and stories are explicit or implicit. Some of the stories will be categorized as Christian Fiction while others will be General Fiction. I don’t think God loses sleep about how we categorize stories. The Kingdom is full of all kinds of redemption stories – many neither safe nor G-rated. Over the ages, these stories have stirred reader’s hearts towards what is true, noble, and authentic. That is why God commands us to fill our minds with these thoughts and stories in Philippians 4:8-9. It is a foundational passage for artist because what we consume influences what we create. Consider the movies, television shows, songs, and novels you are drawn to – and whether each injects life or poison into your creativity.

I hope you sense how your calling is seen from the spiritual realm. You gift of words carries immense power. You become far more than a storyteller when you enter into Creative Fellowship with God. That’s why your novels may be opposed in ways you’ve never considered. Knowing your creativity has an enemy isn’t a reason to be fearful or hesitant. But it is reason to actively walk with God in every part of the creative process.

God longs to create with you. That’s the foundational reason he gave you the gift of words and stories – so the two of you can do this together. And from that intimacy, the stories that are born can help awaken the hearts of readers. But only in that order. Intimacy with God always comes before impact for God.

See your time of writing as being on a playground with God. Run where he runs. Pause where he pauses. Laugh as you taste the rush of imagination and ideas with the Creator. Savor his smile. Cry with him.

You will also want to consecrate your creativity each day. Here is a consecration prayer specifically for Christian artists you might find helpful.

You were a beautiful, rowdy prisoner. Now you are free. Don’t stop being beautifully rowdy as you write. The world desperately needs more stories that are dangerous for good. In fact, God has already dropped you the keys to do just that.


Allen Arnold
 loves the epic adventure God has set before him. From the mountains of Colorado, he leads Content & Resources for Ransomed Heart Ministries (led by John Eldredge). Before that, he spent 20 years in Christian Publishing - overseeing  the development of more than 500 novels as founder and Publisher of Thomas Nelson Fiction. He was awarded the ACFW Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. But that doesn't really describe the man. Allen savors time with his family, craves the beach, drinks salsa by the glass, is hooked on the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and is passionate about helping storytellers tell better stories from an awakened heart.






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