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The Best Revenge
It ain’t heavy if you don’t pick it up. It sneaks up on you. Fine one day, you find yourself changed a short time later. You may have heard the story of how to boil a frog: Put him in cool water and slowly heat it up. By the time the little guy’s aware how hot the ...
Challenges, Faith & Prayer, Fear, Forgiveness, Living Free, My Story
Playing it (Too) Safe
Just turned twenty-eight. Wooohooo. Blow the kazoo, I’m one step closer to 30! From the get-go of this year, I sensed God saying that this was the year I’d face my fears. Uh oh. You see, I had this sudden twenty-eight-year-old epiphany. I’m not fully living. Why ...
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Living ‘Plan B’
We’ve all done it. Expected God to work on our timetable. Anticipated how our lives would unfold. ‘Known’ our future career, life plans, how many kids we would have, who we’d marry. Then life rudely interrupts. How dare you, life! This is my story, and you’re ...
Devos, God's Love, Living Free, My Story, Victories, Wholeness
Your Redemption is Near
The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. -Romans 13:11-12 Today this Scripture was highlighted to me. Your redemption draws nigh! Redemption is His glory at the ...
Faith & Prayer, God's Love, Inspiration, Living Free, Music, My Story, Wholeness
I’ll Follow You [Leeland & Brandon Heath]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ajIFfSaEzE] Simply put, I adore this song. Leeland and Brandon Heath’s lyrics describe the heartbeat of what I hope my life is, the impact I desire to have. I want to follow Him. I want to reach out and help people encounter Jesus, not the ...
Challenges, Faith & Prayer, Hope, Inspiration, My Story, Wisdom for Today
Dead Dreams?
We’ve all experienced it: the energizing burst of excitement when we envision our goals, our dreams, that “thing” that sets our heart in fast-forward! Then….. Waiting for it. And waiting. And time lapses and we let it go or try to make it smaller/ more obtainable ...
Challenges, God's Love, My Story, Praise, Wholeness
Addicted
In the words of John Mayer, we all self-soothe somehow… me? Music. People. Cooking. What are yours? When life’s edgy, money’s low, pain comes, or you’re alone.. where do you turn? We’re all designed to be comforted. I know I need it. Like today… my ...
Challenges, Inspiration, Living Free, Music, My Story, Praise
The Music in You
The science gurus recently discovered something awesome: Music helps people exercise longer, harder, and enjoy it more! Why? Because something about music makes time ‘pass’ faster. Today as I worked on my contract job (web work), not something I eagerly “look forward ...
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Idolizing Pain
A wild question… Can we idolize our trials? Suffering… pain? Can we look more to the storms of life, storms we’ve barely survived, to determine what we’re made of? Suffering and trials can take our mind off our Creator. They can replace what we believe with doubts, ...