Tag: identity
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My Life, My Faith
“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21) I do not want my faith to just be an important part of my life. I want my very life to be my faith. I want Jesus to sink into every crack and crevice, into every pore and fiber of my…
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A Battle Cry of Truth
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you” (Jermiah 31:3b.) Satan has been whispering his same old lies to me lately. Well, that was awkward. Did you really think you fit in? Maybe they want what you have to offer, but they don’t really want you.…
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Live Like Wildflowers
“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe…
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Becoming with God
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6). I am near the end of my first career, my kids are growing up and leaving home, and I think I am just now figuring out who…
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Esther 4:14 Inspired
It can be hard to see our purpose, our beauty, our story in this big, demanding world. God’s words of truth and love are all-too-often drowned out by words of comparison, self-criticism, and doubt. Today my thoughts have been on you, the small, simple soul reading these words. I want you to know that you…
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I Can Fix That!
1 Corinthians 1:19: For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” I am a fixer. If one of my sons needs to move, I’m online checking out apartments and local listings. If someone I love is facing a medical diagnosis, I’m looking…
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Falling Apart to Fall in Love
O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You, as in a dry and weary land where no water is. Psalm 63:1 For years I prayed for a deep, heart-felt, even desperate longing for God. I wanted to desire God above…
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Are Your Words Sweet To the Soul?
Proverbs 16:24: Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. This week I was the recipient of gracious words. And friends, they were indeed sweet to my soul. I was feeling tired and busy and just a tiny bit invisible. But a beautiful woman sat with me,…
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Easter. 2024.
An Easter prayer: Oh, my Jesus. You are my Roaring Lion and the one I run to when my soul is weary. How I love you! I thank you and praise you for your holiness, your obedience, and your heart of love, all of which sent you to the cross for ME. You died in…
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Burdened By Prayer?
“I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul” (Psalm 131:1b-2a). As the owner of a small, simple soul I feel all the feels. This is both a blessing and a burden. Images, sounds, and emotions get lodged in my head…