The Love of a Little Girl
We should emulate the love of a little girl. One simple gesture. One small act of kindness. One choice of compassion. These impact lives. …
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↓About Christy Adams
Christy Bass Adams is the Outreach and Connections Coordinator at Fellowship Baptist Church in Madison, Florida. She pens a weekly local newspaper column, Learning as I Go, and is a devotion writer for VineWords: Devotions and More, and Inspire a Fire. Christy is published at CBN, Inspire a Fire.com, Christian Devotions Ministries, and Inkspirations Online, The Secret Place, VineWords, and The Upper Room. Christy is the author of the devotional, Learning as I Go: Big Lessons from Little People, and the middle grades children’s novel, Cricket and Kyle: Imagination Checkers. Having silently struggled with a secret addiction for over a decade while maintaining a façade in church, Christy’s biggest desire is to see women set free. She speaks at women’s events and recovery facilities, including Honey Lake Clinic and Humble House. Having her own love for bad jokes, boogers, and bugs, raising boys with her husband of eighteen years is her greatest joy. Firepits, hammocks, fishing, and hunting are a way of life at the end of their North Florida dirt road.
We should emulate the love of a little girl. One simple gesture. One small act of kindness. One choice of compassion. These impact lives. …
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