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The Good News About Trials and Tribulations
Wait… What? There is good news about trials and tribulations? I bet you are thinking I have lost my ever-loving mind when I tell you that “Yes”, there is actually good news, and I mean really good news about trials and tribulations! No, I haven’t actually lost my mind nor am I trying to be unsympathetic. I get it. Truly, I do!! I’m sure that at some point a trial has dumped it’s ugly butt right on your couch. Refusing to leave, it constantly screamed at you about how bad this trial is like it’s trying to brag or something. It was right there in your face no matter how…
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Gain Peace by Learning to Pray More and Worry Less
Over the past few weeks a theme of "Pray More and Worry Less" has vibrantly appeared in my life. This theme kept reverberating through everyday things making me question how much I do actually worry when I shouldn't. Worry is a joy killer. It can make you physically sick if you worry too much. But, how in the world are we supposed to stop worrying? Well, I don't believe anyone can keep from worrying all together. But we can reduce our stress levels and gain peace by learning to pray more and worry less.
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Showing a Loving Heart and Mind in a Violent World
It is truly disheartening that there is so much violence and hatred in our world today. School shootings, murders and missing children, all the way down to outrageous political scandals and people comparing Christians to the mentally ill, all plague our world with violence or hatred in some form. As a Christian, it can be difficult to stay kind let alone loving towards others. It's depressing to watch the violence and hatred unfold around you, but... There is Hope! Showing a loving heart and mind in the midst of a violent world doesn't have to be a obscure and difficult thing to display.
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A Perfect Gift for Everyone
As we get ready to celebrate Christmas we get so wrapped up in the hustle and bustle we end up just like the presents under the tree, wrapped so tight and with so much ribbon we can’t breathe. We fall for the lie that we must find a perfect gift for everyone, wrap them all just right and make sure to top them with big beautiful bows. We think that if we don’t give someone the perfect gift or exactly what they want we will somehow fail as a good person. Or worse yet, we won’t show how much we love the receiver of the gift. This ridiculous train of…
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The Deeper Meaning of Thanksgiving
I'm sure that we are all thankful at least one day out of the year. Thanksgiving is typically a day in which most people try their best to be thankful. I don’t think we mean to be ungrateful so much throughout the rest of the year. But, I do think that we are often not grateful enough for all the things we already have. It is really easy to get distracted by all the bad around us. So much so that we can’t see the good well enough to be thankful for it. We must dig into the deeper meaning of thanksgiving in order to truly appreciate our blessings despite…
