Author: Great Joy
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Math is a Mindset
Everybody hated math until their paycheck looks funny 😶 now y’all know calculus 🫢. 🤔🤔🤔 Rachel Austin, Facebook Maybe you heard your parents say, “I’m not good at math! Nobody in my family is good at math!” Or you may have even heard a teacher say, “Oh I was never any good at math.” And […]
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Frozen
Sometimes. Relationships—no matter how great they seem—will have you stuck in one place. Lack of movement is never good, never beneficial. It produces atrophy in the body, making you weak and consistently unable to maneuver. Isn’t that how toxicity works? Keeps you locked in place like ice trying to figure out how to be water […]
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130 Days into Deliverance: A Reflection on Rage
I try to keep it a clear and smooth 💯 at all times cuz I believe telling the truth and being my authentic self is key to me being a good kingdom citizen and representation of the body of Christ. So I’m marking this day, May 22, 2022, as 126 days into a difficult road […]
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Communicating Your Needs Creates Community
“Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?” Amos 3:3 NLT confession: Part of the reason that I have struggled so much in my life is that I have a hard time communicating what I want. It is leftover agony from the rejections in my life and my desire for approval over what […]
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Are You Bored?
Life has a way of becoming boring and mundane – it needs some freshening up from time to time. Today may be the day to stir up what God has placed … Are You Bored? I liked this. It’s tracking with a thought I’m pursuing myself that I haven’t fully figured out how to release […]
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There can only be one “ME”
confession: The hardest lesson that I’ve ever had to walk out was that I could never—SHOULD NEVER expect anybody else to be “like” me. Lemme explain. I have been hurt over and over again because I expected people to think the way I think, love the way that I love. I move without guile yet […]
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Lesson on Leadership: Vision-casting Matters
When a leader says “None of” or “nobody” wants to follow their vision? That’s a red flag for me. What are you asking them to follow? Is the vision written and plain so folks can run or are you just flying by the seat of your pants, lying on the Holy Ghost? Are the steps […]
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I’ve Sung This Song Before
Another place, another time?The pleasure would have been all mine.It’s been awhile since I’ve been stirred…A long time since this has occurred.Had you but met me long ago…The tales to tell! The show to show!I’d never bring myself to missThe chance to indulge in your kiss.And oh, I’d have enjoyed so muchThe pleasure found in […]
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Self Love
A theme I’ve been contemplating—or rather one that has arrested me—is the notion of self. How we conflate our self with our flesh…to concepts quite related yet very much different. The soul has an option, to do what it wills to do and follow the flesh; or, to do as God wills it to do […]