I’m starting to learn that living a life for Jesus is a lot about how well you walk in the valleys. Sometimes we just get stuck—stuck in between the crisis and the turning point where everything is okay. Sometimes we get stuck in the “I’m okay, but not good” point. Sometimes we are confident about…
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“Well, it’s been two weeks…but what about two months from now? Will I make it that far okay? ‘Three months free’, ‘One year free’, sounds impossible…How do I know I’ll even be able to hold out a day more?” It seems like just the other day I wrestled with those words. It’s amazing how quickly…
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So often as Christians we get wrapped up in our own imperfections. We messed this up, or could’ve done that better, or don’t feel adequate enough to do this big thing for God. We can get so caught up, in ourselves really, that we lose sight of God. We get this narrow tunnel vision; everything…
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This world is a really tough and hard place. When we are exposed to it, we find there is so much pain and suffering. We hear about all the people facing cancer and death, and all of the hungry and starving children of the world. We have to deal with rape, abuse, human trafficking, and…
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Have you ever had a long string of crazy things happen? Your life feels like a row of dominos that got bumped as one thing after another falls down in a clattering chain of a mess. Life can be rough. Problems come, but they don’t go away as quickly as we would like them to….
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I know you very well, but I never realized who you were. You were always there following me wherever I went. Your voice told me I had too much to do and too little time. You insisted people didn’t welcome me. You shook me to the core when I had to speak. You squeezed my…
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