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🌿 Tori Rae wasn't sure what to expect when Noah approached her after class. She could hear the dull roar of the kids converging on the basketball court and the hum of the Zamboni machine as Walter started cleaning the hall outside her classroom/office space. She had watched many of them sketch as she offered advice during her jaunt around the room. She had given them multiple photo of subjects since the recent snowstorm kept them all inside. Noah had done quite an impressive job sketching his moth that she wondered exactly why he was in her class. He had never once mentioned during their short relationship that he had any artistic talent much less rivaled her in the nature sketching. With Ian out for an indeterminate amount of time, she wondered if he might want to assist with the class. So many of the kids had flocked around him today. "Hi, Noah." Tori Rae kept her tone light. She and Noah hadn't ended things well. "I have been reinvesting in my fun things that...

 As I was scrolling this morning, so many things prompted me. Here is a devotional based on those morning prompts. This is a beautiful "mashup" of themes. Using While You Were Sleeping —a movie about a lonely woman who finds herself "paired" with a family through a series of chaotic misunderstandings—is the perfect backdrop for your word of the year, Prompts . Here is a devotional that weaves together Lucy’s journey, your granny square "change-up," and the wisdom of 1 Peter. The "Paper Bridge" of Love: A Maplewood Devotional The Art Prompt: The Lucy Wagner Paradox In While You Were Sleeping , Lucy is a "Sentinel" in her own way—sitting in a toll booth, watching life pass by, lonely but efficient. She saves a man’s life, but then the "Devil’s distraction" kicks in: a giant lie. The enemy loves to use our desire for connection to lure us into a "fake" version of life. But even in the mess of that lie, Lucy finds someth...