I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."

--Emily Bronte

READ. DREAM. WRITE. REPEAT.

Stephanie's Writing Tips and Book Reviews

(I am no longer able to post monthly. Previous posts below.)

AND

WITH OPENED EYES

My previous blog about Jesus in the Old Testament.

(Some of the most popular posts below.)

Stephanie Cardel

Sep 13, 2019
3 min

Back to Work

Sorry (not sorry) that I left you hanging all summer. I needed some down time because I was discouraged. Discouraged with my rejections, the waiting from nev...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Requirements for Life

There’s a fine line between justice and mercy and I think we can only balance on it if we are humble. The prophet Micah says, “He has showed you, O man, what...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jul 25, 2019
2 min

So Wrong For Him

Did you ever have a friend dating someone that was wrong for her/him? And no matter how many times you pointed that out, your friend continued to make excuse...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jul 17, 2019
2 min

Running From God's Salvation

I don’t like to run. I always joke that if I’m running, you better run too, because something is chasing me. But I don’t run away from responsibilities. If I...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jul 12, 2019
2 min

Love Is...

Once you feel that you are truly in sync with another person, everything clicks into place and you recognize true love. There are no doubts. You don’t want t...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jun 19, 2019
2 min

Making A Difference

I’m not a very cause-oriented person. I recycle, a little. I support local charities, some. I boycott some establishments, for a while. Does it make a differ...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jun 12, 2019
2 min

Lost and Found

Being lost has always terrified me. When I was a child, if my parent got lost on the way somewhere, I’d melt down. When I started driving and got lost myself...

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Stephanie Cardel

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Be Still And Know

God created us with a wide range of emotions for a reason. I can know in my head and even articulate the Gospel, but until my heart is changed and I experien...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 29, 2019
2 min

It's Not Fair!

We like fairness. When someone loses a child or a neighbor’s house burns to the ground, we are sad, heartbroken for them. And even if we don’t say it out lou...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 22, 2019
1 min

The Price of Faith

Esther is a clear picture of Jesus and a picture of us at the same time. Like Jesus, she is willing to sacrifice everything, even her life, to save her peopl...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 15, 2019
2 min

Building A Wall

A long time ago, my husband got a job in sporting goods sales. It was his dream job. Or so we thought before he started. He loved sporting goods and guns and...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 9, 2019
2 min

May Musings

This is going to be a difficult May for me. May equals Mother’s Day, and I just lost my mother. I’ve already given in to eating too much comfort food and sla...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 8, 2019
2 min

Cravings

I went on a cleanse diet. No sugar. No caffeine. No eggs or nuts or dairy or bread. Just fruits and vegetables, preferably raw, for twenty-one days. Longest ...

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Stephanie Cardel

May 1, 2019
2 min

A Discerning Heart

I used to pray that God would show me His will so that I wouldn’t stray from it. But then I realized that if I’m praying, and staying in the Word, and making...

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Stephanie Cardel

Apr 2, 2019
3 min

All but the Waiting

The most difficult part of being a writer is the waiting. At least, that’s what drives me mad. Not writer’s block. Not how competitive it is. Not rejection. ...

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Stephanie Cardel

Mar 26, 2019
2 min

Be Careful What You Pray For

“So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, ‘You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoi...

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Stephanie Cardel

Mar 26, 2019
3 min

The Secret of Life

“But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert?...

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Stephanie Cardel

Mar 26, 2019
3 min

Consider HIM

“‘Here comes that dreamer!’ they said to each other. Come now, let’s kill him and throw him in one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured...

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Stephanie Cardel

Mar 26, 2019
3 min

Life Is Pain, Highness

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." –Genesis 50:20 NIV Before anything tr...

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Stephanie Cardel

Mar 26, 2019
3 min

But God...

“The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, ‘When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the del...

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Read. Dream. Write. Repeat.

Stephanie Cardel

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READ. DREAM. WRITE. REPEAT.

Stephanie's Writing Tips and Book Reviews

(I am no longer able to post monthly. Previous posts below.)

AND

WITH OPENED EYES

My previous blog about Jesus in the Old Testament.

(Some of the most popular posts below.)

Back to Work

Requirements for Life

So Wrong For Him

Running From God's Salvation

Love Is...

Making A Difference

Lost and Found

Be Still And Know

It's Not Fair!

The Price of Faith

Building A Wall

May Musings

Cravings

A Discerning Heart

All but the Waiting

Be Careful What You Pray For

The Secret of Life

Consider HIM

Life Is Pain, Highness

But God...