Month: January 2016

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Jan 29, 2016

The kind of shunning you need (it brings life)

Shun (verb): persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution Synonyms: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one’s distance

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Jan 28, 2016

When you’re under attack, Jesus saves

“The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory for ever and ever. Amen (2 Tim. 4:8).”

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Jan 19, 2016

Why you’re never hopeless: the truth that brings relief

It came as it often did, the Voice. Quiet, small and still, and it brought relief. In early morning’s dark, I’m driving along. Bound for the Land of Milk and

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Jan 15, 2016

Called to pray–for him?

FacebookTwitterGoogle+DiggPinterestBlogger In the picture, they’re gathered around, arms reaching. Some hands are lifted in supplication, and others are touching a man. In the center. The one in the middle of

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Jan 14, 2016

When life’s not worth living, “He knows”

Today, I feel led to slip in a quiet word for someone in particular. I don’t know your name. I don’t know where you’re at. But He does, and He

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Jan 11, 2016

The aroma that invites (or, what I learned in a candle store)

It was ironic, really, the place where it came. In the fall of the year, we’d made our annual trek. It was what we did. It was how we prepared

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Jan 07, 2016

Dear girl (of any age), You have a beautiful body

A crisp, wintry breeze is blowing. Birdsong twinkles sheer joy in the air, and Papa, He’s walking ‘longside. “Thank You,” I say, “for this breeze. For these blessings. Thank You

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Jan 04, 2016

What the stained-glass window says (and why you should shine in the New Year)

I’m running along our country road. The fields on either hand lie fallow, slumbering and still, tucked in ‘neath a blanket of white. Birdsong trills unseen, joy-notes like crystals sprinkling

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