How do I turn the other cheek? Do I glare down my enemy with kindness? Slap them over the head with generosity? Silence them with my devoutness? Humiliate them with my humility? The goal of forgiveness can’t be to glorify […]
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Mmm, what is that sweet fragrance? I am learning to crawl onto the altar of trust, daily, and die to self. Oh God, refine me. In the flames of suffering, nothing else matters but You. Burn off all that hinders […]
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Twisted by confusion and sin— My body lay, crumbled, wearing rust among the discarded and dispised things of this world. Worth. Purpose. What were those? I was no longer useful. Until you gathered my broken pieces and welded my […]
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I shouldn’t be standing. You’ve twisted and broken my body so many times The count should be over. How many knockout punches can I sustain? As many as He allows. You should have known you’d lose. My manager bought the […]
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Belief’s amber warmth chilled black by fear. I wonder— Do I exist here? Desolate nightmare Purple bruises on repeat— You rescued my heart. Tender shoots of trust sprout knowing Your faithfulness— Nightmare crushed crimson. Unquenchable Hope stands beside. I emerge […]
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Start here. In the shivering nakedness of not knowing but being known. A rebirth. Where your heartbeat nestles under the Father’s. Listen. His voice secures your every anxious thought when He calls you by name. Beloved. Finally, you can rest […]
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When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: […]
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I was planted in the parched desert of suffering. Others scoffed at The Gardener who sows in such unforgiving ground. “Nothing could ever grow in that graveyard.” They think they know better how to be fruitful. Scattering seeds in shallow […]
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You hollowed out a cleft where I can hide when the battle without and within dismantle me. Provision appears, angels minister, and I hear the strengthening rumbles of your whisper. I am not alone.
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If I reach back to touch the dogeared image of who you were,
I forget to take pictures of who you are now with God.
Embrace hope in dark places.
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