Soaking up the Son

God is alive and active. He uses every day experiences to reveal Himself to us. See what simple or crazy life lessons God reveals to me. Challenge yourself to see, speak with, and listen to God daily.

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Lessons from the Beach

LESSONS FROM THE BEACH

Pack your bags and head to the beach. Enjoy traveling around the coasts of Florida with Cole and Holly, as they learn valuable lessons while experiencing life with their family.
From building sandcastles in Saint Augustine to capturing lobster in the Keys, you will explore the beaches and learn fun facts about each location.
Some of the lessons you will learn are taking care of our environment, discovering joy in watching God’s creation, and finding courage when times can be a bit scary.
On each page keep your eyes open with anticipation as you search for a special crab. May this interactive book remind you to keep your eyes open to all the glorious surroundings God gives us each day.
The author, Stephanie Shuff, is delighted to share just a few of their family beach experiences with you all. The Shuff family loves spending time on their boat, traveling to different beaches in their home state, and allowing God to speak to them through His glorious creation.The illustrator, Deborah Smith, beautifully captures each memory through her lively illustrations.

The Right Road

THE RIGHT ROAD

Join Hunter and his mom as she takes him by the hand and reminisces about her childhood. When Hunter finds himself in trouble, he runs to his mother for comfort and protection. Through this engaging story, you will discover that we all can learn from this little boy’s dilemma. It doesn’t matter the age or the stage you are in, find comfort in knowing that you can run to our Heavenly Father for protection and guidance. On each page keep your eyes open with anticipation as you search for a special ant. May this interactive book remind you to keep your eyes open to all the glorious surroundings God gives us each day. The author vividly portrays this story that occurred between her and her boy when he was a toddler. The illustrator, Deborah Smith, beautifully illustrates Stephanie’s childhood memories.

Stephanie Shuff

About Stephanie Shuff

I am a blessed girl! God uses everyday situations in my life to teach me about Him and His love. God’s Word is alive and active! A verse that I may have read last year, last week, or even yesterday, may have a new meaning to me depending on the season of life I’m in. This isn’t just true for me, but for you too. I thank you for reading and sharing this blog. I pray that God will speak to you through it all.

Become a Christian

Become a Christian

In your personal opinion, what do you understand it takes for a person to go to heaven? It is as simple as spelling the word faith out on each finger.

Daily Walking with God

Loud and Proud

I’m sitting outside in what I call “The Shuff Backyard Oasis”, watching the NCAA tournaments, enjoying the gorgeous weather, and ready for the fire to set the stage for a wonderful evening, when I hear this bird tweeting.  This wasn’t just any tweet.  It was a loud...

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Get that "Peaceful" feeling.

Last night was not the most restful of nights.  I woke up at 1:18am feeling as though I had slept through the night.  That’s a great feeling, except when you know you have hours left to sleep and you’re wide awake.  When I focused on trying to go back to sleep by just...

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Beginning

December FIRST! What?   Is it just me or do you agree that the older you get the faster the years go? Well, no matter how much we may try to slow things down sometimes, time keeps on tickin’ and there is a beginning to everything. Today is the beginning of the last...

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Daddy/ Daughter Time

The Family Circus cartoons by Jeff and Bill Keane are precious.  A while back I cut out one of the cartoons that reminded me of my husband, Tim, and our only daughter, Holly. For about a month it was magnetized to the refrigerator before Holly finally discovered it. ...

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Just Pray it.

I’ve got a couple of “go-to” lines that I always say in my prayers.  I don’t say these out of “roteness” at all.  I genuinely mean and pray these words.  Here’s one of my “go-to” sentences:  “Lord, I pray that everything I (we) say and do are pleasing to you.” So what...

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That Peaceful Feeling

“And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts.” Colossians 3:15a Oh me oh my does this verse epitomize my thought this week over a decision that Tim and I are going through right now. We are in a season in our life of changes.  Some changes are having...

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A Grateful Heart

"I always thank my God for you because of the grace that He has given you through Christ Jesus.  In Him you have been blessed in every way. You have been blessed in all your speaking and all your knowledge." I believe that people come into our lives for a reason, even...

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Love, God (Vol. 4)

Dear Child of Mine, Are you in need of a blessing?  How about lots of blessings?  Why, sure you are!  I want you to be and feel blessed.  So, here’s what you need to do: When you are in need of some advice, don’t waste your time listening, and especially following,...

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A gentle reminder as you start your week:

I recently had an issue at work that made me want to have a temper-tantrum.  Okay, so I did have a little one, but I got over it because God got me over it by reminding me of His word. I came home that day not in the best of moods, but when I finally realized, “Oh...

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I've got Spirit. How 'bout you?

A couple of times this week the bible-verse-of-the-day had to deal with “The Spirit”.  So I decided, or really God laid it on my heart, to find some more scripture to share with you to let you know just a little about Who The Spirit is.  I pray that by the time you...

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Just live right.

“When you do good, you stop ignorant people from saying foolish things about you. This is what God wants. 16 Live like free people, but don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil. Live as those who are serving God.” 1 Peter 2:15-16 Let’s just say first of all that...

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What a Message!

I just couldn’t help myself. I’d read one verse and get a smile on my face and thoughts rushing through my head. But there was so much more waiting for me. Take a look. I want you to walk with me on this little journey: “Since the day we heard these things about you,...

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