trusting god
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I remember when I was nice. Do you remember a time before boundaries became barriers? Is it just me? Anyone else feel that life has hardened them and like you’re waking up decades later and you’re a shadow of who you once were? I’ve been contemplating how awfully grumpy I’ve become. Getting older has been…
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I could write sonnets about my tribe of sisters in Christ. When I read about Christians deconstructing I often wish I could hear their personal stories as to what led them there. I’m convinced that over 75% of people that leave the church do so because they felt isolated and far from deep connection with…
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She said it so confidently. “Same demon, different body.” There are times as a counselor that someone speaks a word so good that I pray to always remember it. Honestly, I don’t know how I could forget it. This statement rocked me. Sitting across from a person twenty years my junior, I listened as they…
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I’ve begun to resent my alarm clock. That stupid chiming that wakes me up every 4 hours is driving me insane. Friends, this is not a complaint. I am trying with my whole heart to share this life with you and my intention is not to grumble and complain but to testify of the Lord’s…
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I just sat there, crying while he listened with compassion as I vented my soul. Life is exhausting. This brings me here. To his office, right smack in the middle of an emotional break-down. I simply say to him, “I am not well.” Ever the amazing pastor and counselor he is, he asks all the…
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It’s a bitter 3am. The fan is humming a little ditty. The light outside the window is flickering, and the clock is ticking loud thuds of agitation as it reminds my patience and my heart that I have exactly 240 minutes before I have to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for work. 240 minutes…
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It’s the curse of the fat girl. You’ve probably heard the statements. “You have such a pretty face.” I imagine the very next thought, which is most likely not spoken out loud is, “for such a fat and ugly body.” Some circles have manners about the whole thing. They discreetly judge you. Some circles do…
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