Faith in the everyday life blog

through Amy bretall’s eyes

Amy Bretall’s faith-based photography books have helped many people find faith in the everyday life. Her blog’s mission is to help others develop that faith through her writing – then deepen it.

My 5 Top Faith Lessons

#1. God works in our lives long before we are aware.   When God brings you someone (a person) something (a talent)—it just is. You don’t have to work to have it. It’s easy because it’s made for you. You will have to work to do the tasks to care, nurture and grow it,...

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My Sweet Jean: Word for the Year

My Sweet Jean: Word for the Year

My word this year is short and possibly overlooked. It’s also mighty and happens to be one of my favorite words in scripture.  'Let' (my other favorite word is ‘Yet’) ‘Let’ popped into my head. I didn't know if I'd have a word this year. It’s fitting because two of my...

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The Role of Repetition

The Role of Repetition

Pretty good for a girl who had a speech impediment (speaking review in quotations below). I had a hard time pronouncing -sch, -ch, r and w sounds. The ‘r’ sound was especially hard for my mouth to form. At home, starting when I was around 2, mom made me several...

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Harvest Faith

In the beginning, I had a card. Using a few of my photos I turned the images into a card gift. Then I wondered what my photos would look like larger and in a white mat/black frame. So I did a few—I had my Cross Collection and Rural Collection (of my grandparents...

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My Sweet Jean: Love Lives

My Sweet Jean: Love Lives

There’s sweetness in a long-lived love—a love touched from above. God knew 22 years in advance I’d be the one to handle her last affairs, be her medical power of attorney and make sure she had a fitting funeral service. Jean never married, nor had kids, she lived with her sister who passed a year before I met her. Jean had a full family of friends, retirement ladies from work (where we met when I was 23, she 68, she came back to work PT), church friends and a close cousin in CA who preceded her.

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Life is Listening to the Yes

Life is Listening to the Yes

Life is about listening to the Yes. It’s hearing the nudges received and taking action. It’s about being responsible for those faithful messages, often received as inner little thoughts.The inner ‘Yes’ is often more quiet to the voice of ‘No.’Taking action on your...

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Faith Revealed in Everyday Crosses

Faith Revealed in Everyday Crosses

Thank you Danita Wood and Sandy Selby with Missouri Life Magazine for the expansive four page feature sharing 11 photos from my book of everyday crosses, In Plain Sight: Faith Is In The Everyday. Faith made the cover! I’m a Missouri girl—born, raised, and lived—and...

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Layered in Love

Fall in love with faith! As I developed and deepened my faith, God was real and present as a relationship, showing up in unexpected ways that really took my breath away. A developed love relationship, a spiritual relationship just takes time. A daily devotion. A...

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Seeing the Smalls

Here's my nephew Jacob on Christmas Day taking time to look at my new book that my sister gifted him & my niece. At the same time, they each opened the book gift, in a joking manner I said I'd even sign it for them. "You can even get the author's signature!" A few...

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