You didn’t impatiently check your watch like you had someplace more important to be. A God who listens. You didn’t stare down my vulnerability in disgust as I poured out my broken heart. You grabbed a tissue and sobbed with […]
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Dear Fellow Page Turner, I grew up writing letters to my grandmother who lived hundreds of miles away. I treasure every single one of her shaky-handed letters. They gave me a glimpse into her humor, faith, her resilience, and resolve. […]
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NKJV Turning My Page Hope is always in transition because God’s Word is alive, active, and working behind the scenes. He fulfills his […]
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The demoniac: Forgotten.Dressed in rags and chains, I was not ready to entertain kings. You crossed the unclean threshold of my grave, your royal robes billowing in the sea’s warm breeze.My heart strained to near you.Dare I hope. Demons: Hopeless. […]
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So much lures me away from You— Chores, needs, wants, the “musts” all tell me I will never catch up to expectations. But, like a child, I run to You in the early morning. Share with me the story of […]
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“But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee […]
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When tears are not released, The soul forces its way through, like a poorly dammed-up river. Expression is as natural as breathing. Allow lament to wash away the debris of hopelessness and reveal comfort. Allow quick squalls of anger to […]
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Turning My Page Today is a black hole. It sucks out all good and feeds off my brokenness. No light gets near my sorrow without getting sucked into the density of problems and crushed. And God has most […]
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Muddled religious platitudes leave me questioning existence and further hush the echoes of truth. Hypocrites! “God bless”ripped of its earth-quaking power by unrepentant ministers who curse children with trauma huddled naked under their self-righteous protection. Why would I want that? […]
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Develop in me an eternal perspective. I know you see me. Let me see you. Like Hagar, my sorrow is not hidden from you. I feel abandoned. You are in the desert of my loneliness. Like drops of water, like […]
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