Category: Shorts
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Forgiveness is not about minimizing or making excuses for the hurt (caused to you by yourself or by others). The goal of forgiveness is to release the blame and move forward. Over time unforgiveness results in bitterness, anger, stress and other trapped emotions. These are real physical emotions that impact your health. It may be…
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I read this automated message yesterday afternoon and got to thinking about relationships. After all what’s wrong with bonding over common experiences? I felt resistance to agreeing with the message but then the Lord suddenly reminded be of trauma bonds and bonding over trauma. Basically, the Lord reminded be that shared trauma and co-dependency are…
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I sometimes get discouraged in prayer. I pray and pray and pray and yet do not see the answer to that which I seek. In these times, I am reminded that God is faithful, even when I can’t see my expected end. I bring to my remembrance the many times people in the Bible waited…
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At this point, you are probably familiar or have heard about the 5 Love Languages. If you not, I’d definitely encourage you to read up and take the quiz! This has helped me tremendously to understand how I give and prefer to receive love from others. Also, since developing these profiles Gary Chapman has released…
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Sometimes you don’t recognize the favor of God until you are on the other side of something you’ve always hoped for… yet still the journey to getting where you want to go is just as important. In that process, you haven’t yet made it to the other side but you are close enough to sense…
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(Audio and Text) For many reasons, some of which I have yet to articulate completely, I have seldom been able to celebrate accomplishments to the extent to which they are warranted. And perhaps that is too absolute of a statement, given the each individual celebrates differently, but nonetheless, I seldom go big on achievement-related celebrations.…
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(Audio and Text) Today is the day my friends. I am not going to give you false hope or profess that the desires of you heart will suddenly come upon you simply because you happened upon this post today. BUT I will give you hope from the word of God which produces life and goodness…
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I had several thoughts of what I might say today in my blog. However, to be honest I am mentally and emotionally at a loss for my usual glibness with when it comes to wordplay and fashioning together a visual story. Therefore, this week I offer up a short prayer in the form of prose.…
it's Nita. 