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Continue reading →: A Garment of Praise
What kind of clothes are you wearing today? We take so much time figuring out what we are wearing to work or church or out to dinner. So many different color schemes and accessories to choose from, and shoes, don’t forget the shoes and purses. I prefer flip flops with…
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Continue reading →: You Are Seen
Have you ever felt left out or over looked, like you are not very important to anyone? If you have never felt this way, be very thankful and try to be aware of those who are not so fortunate. Many people have been downcast and overlooked by other people from…
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Continue reading →: The Uncomfortable Art Of Change
Another hard thing we humans have to learn is how to deal with change. It’s easy to stay in the same state of mind about how we do life. Think about changing schools or changing jobs and how difficult and challenging it is to learn all the new rules and…
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Continue reading →: Tomorrow Isn’t PromisedI escaped my abusive marriage March of 2022 with my two younger children. I thought it was the hardest thing I ever had to do. But the devil was not done. Jesus tells us in John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come…
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Continue reading →: Bitterness to Beauty
When anger and disappointments hover over our hearts from being treated unfairly it can turn into bitterness. If these feelings of resentment are not dealt with they can become a deep root that grows into a massive weed that quite literally infects every aspect of life. Bitterness can lead to…
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Continue reading →: Forgiving What You Can’t Forget
One of the hardest things we people have to learn how to do is forgive others. Some painful experiences just seem unforgivable, especially if the wrong was done to your child. Some offenses may be unintentional and others are very cruel, hurtful, even intentionally evil and extremely hard to forgive.…
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Continue reading →: Being Strong
As a survivor of trauma, loss and abuse, I have had many people say, “you are so strong.” Sometimes it was an encouragement, sometimes I just wanted to say, I don’t want to have to go through this to demonstrate strength, but every time, I pointed to the heavens and…
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Continue reading →: Frozen in Place, Thawed by Jesus
One of the tell-tale signs of domestic violence victims is we get stuck in the fight, flight or freeze mode. Our natural human instincts turn on our self-preservation mechanism when we are threatened or under attack repeatedly. I was frozen in the cycle of abuse with my former husband for…
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Continue reading →: Wounded Hearts Set Free
A wounded heart is like a prison without bars of steel or locks but it holds it’s victim captive to the pain, the sorrow, lost hope and shattered dreams. Living can become a routine of going through the motions of life, surviving with the internal grief by various forms of…
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Continue reading →: Peace In The Storm
Mark 4:37-39 “A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern and his disciples woke him up and said to him, “Teacher don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked…
