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A pretty picture
At a worship night the other day someone had a picture God gave them. It was about a puzzle. Sometimes you put together a puzzle and you have the box so you know what the puzzle will look like in the end. But God is taking the puzzle with the picture you know and he’s moving it around. He is the only one who knows what the end picture will be. I asked God what he said my picture looks like for my puzzle. I saw some trees with mountains in the back with beautiful colors in the sky. God said the mountains were the trials I faced. It made…
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What time is it?
For many of us, set backs have held doors closed in our lives. Illness, poverty, exhaustion, busyness are all things that hold us back from accomplishments. Sometimes it feels easier to just let the bad things hold us back and let it fuel our anger or grief. Holding on to it doesn’t make you feel any better. A lot of the time it brings you down. Some days go faster and some years too. But what about the things you want to do? What about the paintings? The small business? The dates you could have gone on and education you could have pursued? Some things require you to wait. But…
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Let’s do this
Lately I’ve felt defeated but I’ve also felt very connected. To what? You may ask. Good question. I’ve felt connected to God. He’s told me to do things and I’ve done them. Pray on your stories. Say these things to my daughters. These are *easy* things to do since I just have to type it or make a video on my phone. I can do that. Going in person and praying for someone is harder. The hard part is asking them if you can pray for them. What is it that’s hard? It’s not the actual prayer. It’s the first word. It’s the “hey can I pray for you?” The…
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Living life your WAY
Do you find yourself comparing your life to the people around you? Your brothers, sisters, friends and strangers are achieving their dreams. It feels like you aren’t achieving yours and it seems like they have the perfect body and have their lives figured out. That’s not True!! Comparing your life to others is going to break your heart and your faith. We are all different. We have different beliefs, different families and different personalities. You are not going to feel fulfilled doing what your brother does. Your life is different. Your passions and talents are different. You can achieve good things without doing what everyone else does. Maybe you want…
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Taste & See
“Taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!” Psalm 34:8. There have been days the past few months that you could say “I’m not tasting anything! NOTHING is good!” That is valid. If you’ve felt that way recently, you are valid. Crappy things happen a lot in life. It can be hard to see the good. Especially with an “invisible” God, it can be hard to “see” the good in moments of trouble. If God is invisible what am I supposed to be tasting? I say invisible because it can be hard to see God. He doesn’t talk to us in a physical body or a statue but he’s there.…
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Enough
In movies you see the characters go through situations and have breakdowns but do they portray them in real ways? Would you really even want to see that? Some days you just break and you have enough. Enough of this life, this situation, This problem. How do you get out of that mindset? You are enough and that will help you get out of that hole. Maybe you’ve had enough or you don’t feel like you’re enough. Which ever it is you can get through it. You will be okay. It’ll be okay. I’ve been through the ringer. I know what it feels like to lose hope and feel empty.…
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Tylenol for the heartache
Growing up my mom gave me Tylenol for everything. My head hurt? Tylenol. My knee hurt? Tylenol. Everything was fixed with Tylenol. Are there places in your life where you wish you could just take Tylenol to rid yourself of the pain for a little while? The last few days I’ve felt a lot of emotion. A lot of hurt, fear and sadness. So I thought, as I was up at 3 am crying, “I wish I could take Tylenol to make my heartache go away.” There are tools to use to make heartache fade. The type of heartache I’m talking about is a deep, deep sadness. The type you…
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The Power of Patience
Waiting can be a pain. Waiting in long lines, waiting for a season to end and a new one to start, that is the worst pain. If you’re like me, you’re waiting for something to happen. It’s like the world has stood still and it feels like there’s nothing I can do. I’m tired of all the waiting. Even though I am tired I am still trusting. I am trusting God because I know he doesn’t make us wait for nothing. I heard a sermon once that said if you don’t write down the lessons you’ve learned while in the waiting season, you will forget the lessons. Then you’ll have…
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LET’S FIND JOY
It has been a crazy crazy past few months. Life has been challenging and unforgiving. I feel like I should be talking about depression and the deep sadness I’ve felt recently, BUT God wants to talk about JOY! It’s totally understandable to feel sadness. The sadness and depression you have been experiencing for almost year are totally valid. The causes for those feelings are real and you are seen in this time by a God who knows how you are feeling and is here to comfort you. It’s also totally okay to lean into goodness and seek kindness and something full of light. Today is the day the Lord has…
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The Power of Marriage
If you are engaged or married or just dating, maybe you are thinking about how marriage affects your relationship with your partner. Obviously everyone is different and each relationship is unique, but some key things happen when you are married. When you get married it is a covenant with God, you, and your spouse. There are many physical bonds that occur but spiritual bonds as well. There is a shift in the atmosphere that occurs when you get married. When you promise before God to be together through the thick and thin, you become united spiritually. Physical bonds are also going to occur especially if you and your spouse waited…