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It was a painted piece of clay attached to a necklace with yellow yarn.\u00a0 A homemade charm lovingly designed by my eldest daughter to replace the “real” one she lost.\u00a0 Happy birthday, Mom!\u00a0 I looked all over the house, but I couldn’t find your missing charm.\u00a0 I made you a new one for your birthday.\u00a0 Will you wear it today?\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n

The giver of the gift matters.\u00a0 Given by anyone else, I would have likely smiled, offered my thanks, and moved on.\u00a0 But this gift was fashioned by my flesh and blood.\u00a0 My daughter, who I dearly love, poured her heart into this gift.\u00a0 Created it with her own hands.\u00a0 Wear it?\u00a0 This gift of love? I most certainly did.
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\nWe appreciate gifts in proportion to our relationship with the giver.\u00a0 The more we know the giver, the closer our relationship, the more the gift matters.<\/p>\n

How close are you to the giver of The Still?\u00a0 <\/i>Do you know Him?\u00a0 Know about Him?\u00a0 Don’t know Him at all?\u00a0 Perhaps you wonder about this peace that so many speak of.\u00a0 You reach and yearn for rest for your soul, <\/i>but it forever seems just outside your grasp.<\/p>\n

As I Gracefully Seek the Still these next few weeks, I want to be honest and look with eyes wide open.\u00a0 I seek to open my heart to know the Gift-Giver better.\u00a0 Not with knowledge and facts, but heart to heart, soul to soul.\u00a0 He’s been designing lovely Gifts for me since the beginning of time.\u00a0 Yes, He created them with His own hands.\u00a0 I don’t want to smile and move on.\u00a0 I want to wear His gifts of love…
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In this\u00a031 day series<\/a>,\u00a0 I’ll flit and flutter around the topic of
\nseeking the still within the boundaries of God’s grace.\u00a0 I’m open to the
\nwhispers of the wind, so fly with me if you wish.
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