Tag: identity
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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…
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Will You Follow?
Matthew 4:19: And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” As the owner of a small, simple soul, I often write of how God is able to use us right where we are, in the hundred tiny details of our everyday lives. But as the owner of a…
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I Long to Hear “Well Done.”
Matthew 10:2-4: “The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.” When…
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Rest from Expectations
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) Life is…
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Joy.
Week Three of Advent And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:10). Joy is a resounding theme…