#Truth

Jan 29, 2018
3 min

1 Very Good Reason to Pray

There are many reasons we should pray and most of them have nothing to do with us personally. But have everything to do with loving God and Loving others. And so I bring this before you that when we pray and fulfill the greatest commandment we in return gain a heart that is overjoyed with gratitude. As I have found recently how closely knitted these two qualities are. Prayer and Praise~ And if your 2018 goal is to not have a complaining, grumbling heart. But one of gratitude,

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Jessi Strother

Nov 28, 2017
3 min

Unwrapping the Nativity

As we take out the boxes upon boxes of Christmas decorations we seek to decide where everything goes and I do not know about you but we have a lot of Christmas decorations! In the midst of all the many lights and ornaments, there is this medium size box that holds the whole meaning of this holiday. The Nativity. As I see it in the pile of decorations I am reminded of two things: I am reminded of how we have a tradition of not putting baby Jesus in the manger until Christmas m

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Jessi Strother

Oct 28, 2017
3 min

3 Ways to Keeping a Balance

There are times in my life that I have seen the Truths in God’s Word be pushed to the side in order to give grace to a situation. And I have seen grace pushed to the side in order to push the Truth on to someone. Both are extremely hurtful. I have been hurt by someone coming to me with an expectation and claiming it as truth and in reality, it was something that they just thought I should be doing. In most scenarios of these extremes, it is usually someone pushing on to anoth

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Jessi Strother

Oct 24, 2017
3 min

A Dynamic Duo ~ Truth & Grace

Truth Defined Grace Defined Truth and Grace can be defined many different ways and I would like to take a minute and look at what we are trying to balance in hopes to encourage our hearts to find rest in this balance, rest in Jesus. Truth can be defined by our world, our environment, our culture and so much more but what we as believers in Jesus and His Word need to understand that truth is found in His Word because He is “the Way, the Truth and the Life. This reveals so much

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Jessi Strother

Oct 16, 2017
3 min

Tomorrows Freedom

As I think on all that my heart is heavy with today, I find myself welling up within me a desire to complain, dwell and scrutinize situations that are not mine to carry. Does anyone else do this? When we know that God is the one that has put us here in this place and we know that His hand is the only one that really knows and is able to take these situations and make good out of them. And then I am reminded that freedom~ true freedom to be who we are and find rest in where-ev

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Jessi

Strother

Jessi is not the only a writer and the founder of Salty Sweet Collective, she loves leading her local churches women ministry ~ The Salty Sweet Sisterhood. She also travels to share Salty truth and Sweet Grace with all ages, in hopes to further the upside-down kingdom.

She is thrilled to bring you here this team of beautiful beloveds working to provide you with the best merchandise and words of encouragement.

Kristin

Woodard

Kristin is serving as Director of Youth and Children's Ministries. She was raised in a US Air Force family and traveled as a child. She is a graduate of Wake Technical Community College with an AD in Nursing, North Carolina State University with a BS in Animal Science, and American Sentinel University with a MS in Nursing. She is certified in Chaplaincy with NC Disaster Relief. Kristin is a wife, mother of three sweet munchkins, and a nurse. She has a desire to teach, serve, and walk hand in hand with others towards the cross whether it be in the church, mission field, classroom, hospital, or home. She loves God, her family, serving others, our country, animals, and searching for God's presence in her daily life whether it be in the smile of a child, the sunlight rushing through stained glass windows, words that come to life through song and text, or the peace found at the water's edge. If she had to pick a favorite verse from the bible it would be from Matthew 1:23 …"and they shall call his name Immanuel," which means, "God with us."