January 2012
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Dreams and My Identity →
This is a post that I posted back in the summer on my KINGdom Encounters blog. I was just re-reading some old posts today, and I happened upon this post. It was the perfect post for me to read today, considering my recent post regarding trying to find some God-given direction for this new year. God always knows what I need before I even ask! It’s so funny that He is using my own words to...
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December 2011
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Collecting my Thoughts for a New Year
Lately, I have been thinking a lot about who I am and where I am going. It has become obvious to me that I have lost myself in the everyday fight to survive. I get caught up in all that seems urgent around me, the pressure and expectations put on me by others and myself. So much confusion and chaos ensues, and I am left reeling, wondering how I have managed to completely disappear under all of my...
August 2011
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A Reminder...On this Day Last Year
Today, Facebook showed me my status update from exactly one year ago…
Learning to pause is the first step toward transformation and healing. We pause by stopping what we’re doing—we stop blaming, withdrawing, obsessing, distracting ourselves.
What a much needed reminder! I am still learning to pause.
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“God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.”
– Billy Graham
July 2011
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One of the Biggest Barriers to Creativity and How... →
Wow, wow, wow! This blog post is so insightful and inspiring. It is exactly what I needed to hear today!
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June 2011
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Weak and Wounded
O, What a heartwrenching, soul-searching passage I have read today! I have had the feelings that this passage describes. I have walked through these words.
Lamentations 3:17-33; 40-41 HCSB
17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
18Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD.
19 Remember my affliction and my...
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O, how quickly we forget the goodness of our...
…when the storm swirls mightily around us!
Psalm 77
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.
1 I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me! 2 When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted. 3 I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with...
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KINGdom Encounters →
Check out the new blog that my husband and I have started. KINGdom Encounters is a blog about life, faith and ministry. We hope you will join us on the journey!
Remember to seek first the Kingdom!
Matthew 6:33
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Hardship meets Friendship
For as long as I can remember, I have been the kind of person who likes to keep my hardships to myself. I always hide behind a smile, and I never want others to see my weakness. In short, transparency is not my thing!
Long ago, I became tired of superficial relationships and small talk, so I learned to isolate myself. However, I soon realized just how overwhelming it can be to be isolated with...
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May 2011
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I love to listen to the sounds of the morning...
to sit in stillness and breathe it all in! The songs of the feathered flocks intermittently pierce the silence with radiant joy, and I find my soul reveling in peace and rest. I want to hold on to these moments forever.
The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.
Psalm 65: 8 NIV
Satisfy us in the...
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A little dark chocolate is good for the soul!!
One of the most poisonous of all Satan's whispers...
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Do not grow weary!! We have a Kingdom that cannot...
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The joy of the Lord will be my strength.
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My life has been so busy and so full of clutter...
God, as life spins around me like a hurricane, help me to be still and know that you are here with a purpose and a plan for it all!
April 2011
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fishyinc asked: what does artist of the soul mean?
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“If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. Since it’s not, I reach out for...”
– Francis Chan, Crazy Love
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What the heck is wrong with you? (a new series) →
unkaglen:
You know what bugs me? Christians that are always looking for any little excuse to tear people down. And they won’t just get over themselves and lovingly accept that we’re all imperfect. Thank God you aren’t that way. Except… I’ll bet you sometimes judge yourself like that. (Bam! see what I did…
This is a wonderful, thought provoking post. Do you judge yourself, and put too...
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Finding the Beauty in the Storm
Last night, my husband and I decided to sit out on the front porch swing and watch the thunderstorm. The air was cool and crisp, and the sound of the rain was soothing. I could smell the frangrance of cut grass mingling with the scent of fresh spring rain, and I could feel on my face, the moisture of a light mist blown in by the breeze. Even the roar of the thunder and the flash of the lightning...
leeyounger asked: Hey, thanks for the reblog on that picture! I love what you're about, here. Keep it up!
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For anyone who thinks they have let God down, just...
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Am I Called To Be A Stranger? →
1 Peter 2:9-12 NKJV
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not…
This is a wonderful post. Are you an ousider?
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Extraordinary
Me: God, I want to be extraordinary!
God: You are extraordinary!!
Me: I don't feel extraordinary!
God: Oh, but you are!!!
Me: I don't believe it!
God: That is the problem! Believe me child!! I am God!! I can't lie!!
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March 2011
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My New Life Verse
I have always been very fond of Jeremiah 29:11-13, and like many other people, I have always considered those verses as my life verses.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your...
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I am learning that a little perspective goes a...
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PHOTOS: Helping the living, honoring the departed... →
These photos show part of the work of Ray Polk, a homeless man who serves the homeless community.