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Because we are stronger today…

Because we are stronger today…

It was dark as I frantically groped under the covers. In that half-awake half-asleep state, I quickly became alert. Where could it be? I had received it at school. The man had visited our classroom to tell us about Jesus and give us a Bible – a Gideon Bible. I had slept with it in my hand every night since – like a security blanket or favorite stuffed animal. How did I get so easily…

Going back seems so easy…

Going back seems so easy…

  “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 ESV   When I become stressed, I usually want to run back to old habits and my old way of handling situations. Do you struggle with that too? Going back always seems easier. We have good intentions but change is hard. So hard that sometimes we’d rather go back to the painful…

Because sometimes keeping our promise is hard…

Because sometimes keeping our promise is hard…

“…and keep their promises even when it hurts.” Psalm 15:4 (NLT) Have you ever given the pinky swear or crossed your heart and hoped to die with a needle in your eye? I did countless times as a child. The older I get, the more precious sharing my heart is and keeping other’s secrets has become. Also, the more important keeping my word is to me. Keeping our word is about much more than being…

Because pouring out to God is safe

Because pouring out to God is safe

O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 (NLT)   I rarely pour my heart out to anyone. I share many things with my husband or best girlfriend but there are always places in my soul I leave untouched – veiled. Maybe those places seem too dark or maybe they are just too painful. What do we do with the little sacred…