Tag: Life
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With a fixed gaze.
There is a moment in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe– okay, okay,… so there are more accurately a lot of moments- where I see the Father through His good nature and the hope of our inheritance. Sitting in the quiet of my son’s still bedroom, void of all siblings, we’ve been snuggling under…
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Excuses for not walking closer
A lot of people in the world say they don’t believe in Jesus and don’t love Christianity because of the christians they’ve known and I think its time they try another source. Because we are really actually more broken than I think we realize, and American Christianity can feel more like a synonym for the…
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at the foot of the broom bush / even if it’s crawling
Fun fact: I love how detailed the Lord is to include specific trees through out the Bible. I tend to like my books full of the juicy deets. Make those sentences the length of three paragraphs, please. I want to read and be entering into what I’m reading. I want the perfect words as the…
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Coming out of our shells.
There are still so many moments I want to give it all up. Not in a suicidal way. Just the introverted turned extrovertish. Today, the small voice that tries to beckon me back into the quiet corners of the room attempted to lure me back to sleep, all the while simply changing Emmy’s diaper. Things…
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So you need something to drink
In December, I took a whole month of work off to rest and spend time with my family. I remember my friend messaging me a week into it, asking me how I was feeling, to which I responded that rest is hard. I had to rewire my brain to be still and be okay with…
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Finding your people.
Unpopular opinion: I think we undercut the importance of identifying our people. For a while, I felt guilty for building close friendships. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous, but let me explain a bit. I was under the impression that being a Christian in one body meant showing no favoritism. I thought that the solution…
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Busy minds, restful hearts.
“Whenever my busy thoughts were out of control, the soothing comfort of your presence calmed me down and overwhelmed me with delight.” Ps 94:19 My thoughts have been lack of gravity lately. Whether battling those lies that threaten to isolate me leading up to my speaking at our church women’s conference, the heaviness of having…
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Extravagant things in ordinary places.
There is a house down the road from us that is blue. Think Robin’s egg blue, but times ten in the vibrance department. When we first moved to the neighborhood, my husband and I had conversations about that blue house, like what do you think the neighbors think, are they visually impaired, you know. All…
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Baptize me in breakthrough.
I’ve been wrestling lately. A couple nights ago, about the time when I usually begin to poke Donny and ask him to pray over my eye, my questioning was more of a plea. When you pray over my eye, will you also pray over my joy? Will you also ask the Lord to show you…
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Adopting Olivia.
Olivia’s in the Soviet Union, He told me, as we sat across from each other in a boat. Who the heck is Olivia, I thought, completely baffled, all the while knowing that He wasn’t telling me to gossip or to simply be factual. He was telling me in a manner that was a call to…
TOTHEUNTAMEDHEART. 