Lately, it seems like every good friend I know is going through some huge thing. Children having brain surgery, children having cancer, husbands having health issues, parents dying. My heart is overwhelmed. And I feel helpless for them. As if anything little ol’ me can do will give them immediate relief. I know that the
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a glimpse of God
I awoke empty and hollow. I looked for God. I didn’t see him. My mind was too distracted and unfocused. I prayed that what I was working on would bring him glory. I prayed that I was doing the right things, the things I was meant to do, that he wanted me to do. But
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bloom
I love words. I love that one word can have several definitions. Do you ever look up the meanings of words? Often I know the “standard” definition of the words, but then I go and look up and find something new…often something more applicable. The last month or so I’ve been thinking about my word
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extraordinary
“…like the refining of gold, the dirty bits float to the surface for us to see. We skim them away leaving only the good and pure…It’s the purification of faith.” It went something like that, his response. After I talked about how I feel far from God sometimes, when I feel less perfect, when I
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deciding to trust
It was a brutally hot summer day. The air was thick and sticky. The kids had convinced me to take them to the pool to catch a break. I thought that we’d be able to make it a quick trip since I was volunteering that day at church. Silly me, I’d been having so much