We want to think we can get away with it. That it doesn’t matter. { All those words we speak. } But WORDS MATTER!! Words are powerful. Words are containers. They can be filled with faith and hope and optimism. Or they can be filled with doubt and despair and pessimism. We need to learn how to best…
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FACEBOOK: Is it good? Or evil…
Does it build us up? Or tear us down. For me? It has been, for the most part, very good. Oh, I have my times when I want to unfriend the whole site (not one individual). And before anyone gets offended, just know that sometimes I even want to unfriend myself. { Gosh, I sure can be annoying sometimes….
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Eating God’s Word, a spiritual discipline
Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart… Jeremiah 15:16a (NKJV) Eating God’s Word is another way to say “meditating on God’s Word.” To grow strong in God and to be able to face all the challenges of life, there is no option concerning eating God’s word….
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God Speaking
A number of years ago, when I was neck deep in the midst of my most difficult time, I had an amazing occurrence in a time of journaling. Feeling particularly depressed and empty, I didn’t even want to journal because I was sure there was nothing there to write, and that if I did try to journal, it would be entirely repetitive and very negative….
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What I’m Reading Now – December 2016
Intro to Come Away with Me
One of the central hallmarks to contemplative ways of living in a frenetic world is that instead of being carried away by the daily demands of modern living, we choose to make space for holy pauses and silence–to purposefully place our thoughts on God–to listen, to commit and surrender, and to give thanks. Contemplative moments are an act of resistance…
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