{"id":140,"date":"2014-08-24T17:14:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.104\/enfold-blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:07:19","slug":"start-here","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doseofencouragement.com\/es\/start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lcj443h4-84177ce50b5aa7571b4bbc11a106b837\">\n.avia-section.av-lcj443h4-84177ce50b5aa7571b4bbc11a106b837{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/doseofencouragement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/pexels-tim-mossholder-1171719.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-lcj443h4-84177ce50b5aa7571b4bbc11a106b837 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  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I am so happy you are here and I am sure you will feel right at home. If you are looking for articles, bible studies or printables to boost your faith and give you some honey for the soul then you&#8217;ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;How <strong>sweet are your words to my taste<\/strong>, <strong>sweeter than honey to my mouth!<\/strong> Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.&#8221; \u2013Psalm 119:103-105, ESV<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I know what it&#8217;s like to spread yourself thin every day of the week. As a wife and a work-from-home mom of four \u2013 three being teenagers and the youngest a preteen, life can get hectic.<\/p>\n<p>Let me encourage your heart and help you get some semblance back by offering you resources that can aid you in your quiet time with God so that it is not hurried and mundane. 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