Alcoholism
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Sometimes I wonder… If my heart still races, have I failed God? If I’m still exhausted, is my faith too weak? If I still carry symptoms from trauma, have I not surrendered enough? I think many Christians quietly ask these questions. Perhaps the answer is this: My body is still catching up to a truth…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Unfettered consistency. I heard the Lord quietly whisper unfettered consistency to me this morning. “What does unfettered mean,” I thought to myself. Unfettered means unrestrained or uninhibited. God himself was telling me that nothing would…
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One of the most freeing things I ever realized was that the Bible never tells me to forgive and forget. It tells me to forgive. Somewhere along the way, we added the word “forget” and turned forgiveness into something God never commanded: pretending the wound never happened, ignoring the damage, and removing every lesson learned…
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I participated in a mental health presentation the other day. The speaker spoke a lot about connection and how it helps thwart anxiety. One of the antidotes was to listen to an audiobook. If you’ve come through trauma, trust me, I lead you through a “captivating emotional journey!” Let me be with you through my…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: God’s love separates. So many religious folks like to believe that unity is the only message in the Kingdom of God. Not so! His love often separates us for protection, for growth, for nourishment and…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Question: Do you easily call out the deception in your abuser(s) or do you deny what you see? One of the easiest ways to stay outside of healing and freedom is to deny what you see. As children, if you came through childhood sexual crimes, you…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: If my life were not changed, I’d have nothing to write about. The truth: my life is forever changed. I should NOT be who I am. I am a walking, talking, breathing miracle of the…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: There are days when my soul feels that God has forgotten me. That somehow in His busyness, He doesn’t have time to see my dreams. Then, I am reminded that most dreams that live in…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: Faith is an extrordinary weapon in life. Use it diligently and find its true meaning. It is faith that builds hope. “Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity…
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Come into my home with me today, join me in my prayer life, and my daily reading. Welcome! A Jewel: An oracle of the Lord is an announcement from God. In Zechariah there is a judgment on Israel’s enemies. In the quest to quickly understand bible verses about Israel being chosen, we are reminded of…