Tag: God
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A Chicken, Sorrow, and the Resurrection of a Saviour
“The hen died.” “Lady Cluck?” “Yeah, this morning.” My heart sank, hoping for a minute that it wasn’t true. This particular hen had been sick for a few days, and with not much in the way of treatment, considering there was no apparent reason for her illness, we cuddled her up in the garage…
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Gentle Reminders
*I am not a therapist or counselor, and I am explaining my own personal experience. If you are struggling with trauma, I would encourage you to see a trained professional for help. My mind begins to go over that one particularly distressing memory. In this moment, forgiveness only does so much to…
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When Singleness Hurts
I was single during all of my teen years, and into my early 20’s. I know that me dating someone now at twenty-four is still pretty young, but I would ask that you don’t immediately discount what I have to say in this post. Do you ever find that articles on singleness often seem to…
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Easter Sunday
He is risen! Oh, what a happy day in the Christian faith, as we celebrate our Saviour’s resurrection! “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter…
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Life Lately
“Bogged down. Stressed. Anxious. Suffocated. I feel like I’m fighting for each breath. Suffocating, taking each day slowly as it drags me down. Just trying to survive, forget about thrive. I survive each day, but do I live it?” I wrote that on February 2. How dismal, isn’t it? I felt so hopeless, so drained…
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On Beauty
I love makeup. I have ever since I was little and I would wander through drugstore makeup isles, staring in awe at the tubes of lipstick and brightly coloured eyeshadow. I still have the first bullet of lipstick I ever bought, from a clearance bin at Walmart. It’s a deep plum sort of colour, with…
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Running Blind
I ran through the dark hallway; blind, as the barest amounts of light reaches this area. I know the way though and ran without fear. It made me pause for a moment as I heard my feet running along, how I felt no hesitation. I was not concerned that I would run into anything or…
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Reflections on Greece
This morning I was thinking of my trip to Greece. Three and a half months ago I boarded a plane and went on a crazy adventure. It seems so long ago, but almost as if it was yesterday as well. How strange to think of who I was then. My first international missions trip. My…
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Time
“A thousand moments that I had just taken for granted- mostly because I had assumed that there would be a thousand more.” ~Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer I saw that quote the other day and it stopped me in my tracks. There are quotes or songs that I hear that make me pause in my…
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True Self
How often we hear the advice of embracing who we really are! Just let go of others expectations and be yourself! Embrace my true self? If so, then I would be: uncaring, selfish, rude, greedy, self-centered, entitled, unforgiving, loveless, and many more things. No, I do not want to embrace my true self. I want…
More Than A Sparrow 