storytelling
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There are phases of life with Christ, and they do not look like what you expect. At first, everything feels big and loud and full of emotion. You feel called, inspired, changed overnight. You want to fix everything, learn everything, do everything. The world feels wide open. Then He starts narrowing you. Not to punish…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: If my life were not changed, I’d have nothing to write about. The truth: my life is forever changed. I should NOT be who I am. I am a walking, talking, breathing miracle of the…
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King David is my favorite author of the Old Testament. He was a man that was real, honest, and raw with God. He mused and fussed with God, praised Him, and thanked him — all three rather quickly sometimes. An awesome man of God and King David asked God to keep him “as the apple…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: There are days when my soul feels that God has forgotten me. That somehow in His busyness, He doesn’t have time to see my dreams. Then, I am reminded that most dreams that live in…
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Heroin was the obvious lie. Perfectionism was the respectable one. Same mechanism. Different costume. One numbed the pain. The other anesthetized it with achievement, productivity, and praise. Both promised relief. Both demanded everything. The needle and the calendar were never enemies. They were accomplices. People like to call that growth. It isn’t. It’s substitution. Perfectionism…
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Your secret is known. I will teach the children you hurt to talk. You will be found out. God is watching. He is the witness to each crime you have committed against a child. I am going to spend my life telling my story and teaching others that were hurt by you to tell their…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Faith is an extrordinary weapon in life. Use it diligently and find its true meaning. It is faith that builds hope. “Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: An oracle of the Lord is an announcement from God. In Zechariah there is a judgment on Israel’s enemies. In the quest to quickly understand bible verses about Israel being chosen, we are reminded of…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Have you ever been misunderstood? I was reading today in I Samual. It starts with the story of Hannah. She was married to a man that had two wives. She, unfortunately, could not conceive. At…
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I would love to hear from you! A Jewel: Are you shrinking away from your healing? Are you staying by abusers? Make sure you do not strengthen the hands of evildoers. I am not talking here about those that cuss, have a drink or smoke. That’s not evil. What I am talking about is vile…