Andrea O Smith
God Met Me in My Maming
"And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut if off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than...
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Andrea O Smith
Sep 18, 20234 min read
God Met Me in My Idolatry
Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me.” That commandment, the first of ten, seems simple, right?!? Why would I esteem...
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Andrea O Smith
Jan 9, 20234 min read
God Met Me in our Transition Time
We made it through the holidays! The hullabloo, the hooplah, and the holy cow of it all has passed. Some of us are ready to get back to...
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Andrea O Smith
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Viamare Podcast
The amazingly talented Angela Schultz interviewed me for her podcast, Viamare. I was hesitant to share because I was was scared. I was...
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Andrea O Smith
Dec 20, 20225 min read
Commentary on a Christmas Carol: O Holy Night
My favorite Christmas Carol is O Holy Night! I love to sing it, marinate on the words, embrace the imagery and struggle to hit that high...
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Andrea O Smith
Dec 12, 20223 min read
God Met Me During Advent
Many of us are looking forward to this season of joy and giving. We love to drive around looking at the twinkling Christmas lights,...
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Andrea O Smith
Dec 5, 20225 min read
The Grief Goblin
Over the weekend, I was diagnosed with calcific tendinitis. It's a condition in which calcium crystals form in the tendons of the rotator...
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Andrea O Smith
Nov 28, 20226 min read
Toxic or Tiresome?
The word "toxic" seems to be a popular buzz word in our culture these days. It is, undoubtedly overused and therefore, misunderstood and...
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Andrea O Smith
Nov 21, 20225 min read
God Met Me in a Moment: The Moment; From Hollow to Whole
I had what some would consider a tumultuous childhood. My parents never married. One struggled with alcoholism and anger issues the other...
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Andrea O Smith
Nov 7, 20224 min read
God Met us Near the Bathtub
My family crunched over crisp leaves on an uncommonly warm Fall day during our hike in the woods. Taking in all the sights, sounds and...
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Andrea O Smith
Oct 31, 20224 min read
God Met Me in the Early Morning Hours
A few weeks back, a friend approached me about helping to put her thoughts down onto paper. She was trying to compose an encouraging...
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Andrea O Smith
Oct 24, 20225 min read
God Met me in my Loneliness
"Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted." Psalm 25:16 Have you ever looked in the Obituaries section of the...
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Andrea O Smith
Oct 17, 20226 min read
God Met me in my Ascension
Many years ago, I had just wrenched myself from a relationship that I never should have engaged in to begin with, let alone continue well...
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Andrea O Smith
Oct 3, 20223 min read
God Met Me by a Frying Pan
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is...
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Andrea O Smith
Sep 26, 20224 min read
God Met Me in the Midst of My Hypocrisy
You read that right. I'm a hypocrite. I likely always will be. It's not intentional, but because I am a continuing work in progress;...
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Andrea O Smith
Sep 19, 20224 min read
God Met Me in a Stairwell
"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 My children, on a regular basis, ask me what...
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Andrea O Smith
Sep 12, 20223 min read
God Met Me at the Preschool Drop-off
"My Sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." John 10:27 NCV This morning, I dropped my daughter off at Preschool. All...
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Andrea O Smith
Aug 29, 20223 min read
Spoiler Alert: I’m the Sluggard
I wanted to go to church one morning, but I didn’t “feel” like going. I wanted to stay in bed, not shower, not wrangle breakfast for my...
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Andrea O Smith
Aug 23, 20223 min read
Shifting Sands
The waves came hard and fast. While only knee deep for me, those caps easily knocked my smallest children into the sandy banks....
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Andrea O Smith
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Can You See the Son-Light?
"Look at that rainbow!" I blurted to my son sitting in the passenger's seat next to me. "It looks like a rainbow orb. That is so cool!"...
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