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Freckles: a story of rescue & redemption
Freckles had a love so pure. All he really loved was love. He loved to give love and he loved to receive love... The faithful love of Freckles reflects, in its own way, God's love for me — freely given, joyfully received, and never earned.
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A Lenten practice of letting go
I heard a little quiet voice inside inviting me to let it go this Holy Week. To just let go of my way. To stop chasing a vision of what I want life to be right now and to just be with what is.
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Lowering expectations
Last night, I grieved.I grieved my "not-enoughness." In light of my new pregnancy, I grieved how I wouldn't be everything I wanted to be for my kids... Praise the Lord for this new baby because out of all the things that will push me to rely solely on God's…
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Weeds have pretty flowers too
My mind garden is a beautiful mess, and I work hard on it every single day. What I can't do, I let the grace of the Father tend to in his own beautiful and redemptive way.
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There’s no better place than the present
All we have is the present and the moment we're in. Everything else is uncertain and quite possibly a grasp for something more. The something "more" is never enough, and the chase only wears us out and robs us of the joy in front of us.
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God wastes nothing
He uses everything. He works in the awkward conversations we didn't know how to handle, the presentation we fumble through, the tears we shed when we let others see that we're human too, the messy part of life that we wished looked a little more put together.
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We are free to be rejected
We are free to face rejection because the most Perfect One of all faced it too. Rejection itself led him to the cross which was the very thing that made him win in the end.
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Resting in awareness
Let me just be like that little rock that sits so elegantly and confidently on the banks of the lake. Not fighting or resisting her experience, but letting it all happen just as it is. This is rest. This is true peace.
