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Riding the Coaster with Contentment
Riding the Coaster with Contentment

This kind of contentment is a gift I’ve received from the best Gift Giver. He knows my heart and my needs. He will keep leading me out of the valley and into new places that are tailor-made for me. And if I can trust Him in little things like contentment, then I will surely trust Him in the bigger things in life. I share this because if it can happen in my life, I believe it can happen for anyone. I get so much out of hearing people’s stories and what they’ve been through. So, I’m determined to tell my own. We all have struggles, it’s what happens in the midst of them that intrigues me. If you’re struggling, just know—you’re my people. 

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Identity and Loss vs. Value
Identity and Loss vs. Value

Hi friends. I have been dialoging with the Lord about an experience I had recently where I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do or how I was supposed to feel. It has to do with something that I poured my life into in the past and how God used me. So, I pondered if I had regret at what could have been. But, I didn’t have any feelings of maybe I coulda, woulda or shoulda done something differently.

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Faith & LossTami GauppComment
I'm Still Standing
I'm Still Standing

What are you thinking about on this last day of 2018? I am taking some time to think about all that happened in the last twelve months. It is good to take a moment and consider what we’ve been through. It may be encouraging to think about what we have come through, or it may be painful to revisit some of those hard times. But as we bring this 2018 chapter of our lives to a close, let’s ask God to give us His perspective, exchanging our disappointments of yesterday with new HOPE for tomorrow.

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Hope-Faith-Trust, Faith & LossTami GauppComment
How I Found Myself as a Nobody
How I Found Myself as a Nobody

I don’t know if it always has to be this way, but it wasn’t until everything around me crumbled that I came face to face with the reality of my true worth. If you are living in the rubble of betrayal, ruined relationships, isolation and broken dreams, you are in good company. Not until I learned how to be a nobody did I step into the strength of who I really am.

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Hope-Faith-Trust, Faith & LossTami Gaupp Comments
5-Phrases Every Parent of Adult Children Should Recite To Themselves
5-Phrases Every Parent of Adult Children Should Recite To Themselves

When our role in their lives suddenly changes, it can leave us disoriented, hurt, and lost. For the sake of our own sanity and the continued health of our adult children, we must address our feelings. 

This doesn't only apply to empty nest parents, it is true for all of us who have relationships. Let's be well-adjusted people, for the sake of our friends and family, as well as our own sanity.

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Faith & Loss, The 5sTami Gaupp Comments
5-Things To Keep From Becoming The Crazy Ex
5-Things To Keep From Becoming The Crazy Ex

We’ve all heard stories of how people who were once loving and sweet, transformed into the crazy ex after being dumped. This subject has provided great material for books, movies, and comedies, like the recent series I’ve been watching called My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. This new version is a musical and a comedy all rolled into one. I have to admit I enjoy it, and even find myself laughing out loud. As I was thinking about the ridiculous things the main character does to get noticed, and the elaborate schemes she spends her time on, often manipulating those around her to get what she thinks she wants… I had an epiphany!

We have all been the ex-something, at some point.

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The 5s, Faith & LossTami Gaupp Comments