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Music Heals
As a kid, I took piano and clarinet lessons, but it wasn’t something I felt the need to continue learning once I moved beyond grade school. I was much more interested in field hockey and boys; which was probably okay, since I wasn’t particularly talented when it came to playing the piano or clarinet. The…
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Drop the Stone
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” – John 8:7 (NIV) I have always loved this story from chapter 8 of the Gospel of John; mainly because I have felt such…
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I pray today…
I pray today for patience… May I find the strength to pause before I speak before my eyes roll through my head before a heavy sigh released. I pray today for patience… May I find the power to listen before I critique before my mind slams tightly shut before an eyebrow crinkled. I pray today…
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“I am willing.”
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13 (NIV) Just before Jesus healed this man with leprosy, the man came to Him and asked to be healed. Actually, he didn’t ask, he stated it as fact: “Lord, if you…
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Thanks for sharing…
One of the phrases often heard in the circles of 12-Step recovery meetings is “Thanks for sharing.” How this phrase started and became regular practice, I do not know. What I do know is that it is in place for an important reason. When someone shares their personal experiences, feelings, fears, worries, etc. in a…
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When everything changed…
“Molly refrained from praying for mercy because her faith had been sullied by primitive superstition: She feared that perverse fate would deny her what she asked for, and give her only what she did not request.” – The Taking, pg. 88, by Dean Koontz This quote served as a catalyst to so much newness in…
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The Void
Yesterday, while reading a post written by my friend Christy (christythewriter.com), I came across this idea: “And that’s when I discovered how beautiful a void can be.” As the words settled in to my mind, I was whisked back to “The Void” of February 2016. After having been diagnosed with breast cancer at the end…
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I pray today…
I pray today… …to feel Your guidance as I walk from here to there …to see Your grace as I engage with Your world I pray today… …to know Your love when my heart may find sadness …to feel Your comfort when my hopes are dashed away I pray today… …that Your guidance, Your grace,…
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Know God, Know Peace
“Knowing the answer will not give us the peace we want. Knowing the Lord is what will give us peace.” – The Prayer That Changes Everything (pg. 303), by Stormie Omartian When I was a kid, I always wanted to know what I would be when I grew up. When I was a teenager, I…
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Love God
“The only unhappiness is not to love God.” – Thomas Merton There is nothing anyone could offer to me today that would make me go back to the days when I thought God hated me. Those years of my life were internally the most miserable and hopeless years I have ever experienced. For if God…
Jessica L. Morris
The seeking is everything…
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