Author: Jessica L. Morris
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Challenged
All through lifewe are challengedstrangers, family, friends what we saywhat we dowhat we knowhow we livechallenged…And the further along we gothe louder the challengers soundnow not even around yet still squatting, rent-free in our psyche…Until the day we finally meet the only Voice that matters – He loves us all the same the challenged and…
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A Prayer for Connection
Dear God:I pray today to focus only on the good of You that is reflected in others. Deflect my eyes away from their defects, limitations, and annoyances so that I may see Your light in them.And if that light is dim, I pray that Your fire in my own heart will spark an inferno of…
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The Center*
they sat together – daily busy-ness bustling around yet not distracting from the Center.the conversation deep – challenging beliefs and pride yet not diverting from the Center.voices not raised – filled only with concern for truth and not deflecting from the Center. it can be done – two of different mindset speak when focused firstlyon…
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Cleaning Out My Mother’s Attic
From refrigerator drawingstopublished books on which dust has gathered – only the soul abounds – for that which gathers dustwill one day turn to dust.
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God is There
Even when the darkness was deafening, I could still hear God in the longing call of a mourning doveEven when the darkness was suffocating, I could still breathe God off the ocean’s breeze – sprays of refreshing loveEven when the darkness was blinding, I could still see God in the bright orangeleaves of an autumn…
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Worth It
Does that tiny seed feel pain when it cracks open to become?Does it sweat and struggle as it pushes roots deep below the dark, unknown, grime of the earth?Does it know why it suffers as it grows?Does any of that matter when the blooming daisy feels the light of the sun all around?
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Truth
There is sin all around…There are miracles all around…May I see bothand recognize that which has aroused them to wake – for awareness opens the door toTruth. The Light of Truth by Paria Shahverdi
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The Choice
When despair becomes beautiful darkness opens to lightand the oneliving in chainsis set free. The choice then is for him alone – leave the cell or remain restrained.
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Non-Politically Speaking
Are you a Christ-follower who is struggling with the political climate of our nation and the world? Do you wonder what Jesus would say about it all? Are you tired of Christians from each political party telling you that what Jesus said in the Bible supports their side only? ME TOO! When I was about…
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I Hold the Match
For so long – “overtaken by personality”* – the stone walls of selfimprisoning potential and playfulness and peace – while the tools of freedom were well within reach – the fuse of the dynamite of the soul that blasts those wallsto smithereens can only belit by me. *With thanks to Ted Nottingham’s book, Doorway to…