Tag: compassion
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The Arc of Grace: Vulnerability
Vulnerability is a precious gift that we hide away when we are abused. I pray that we are all able to occupy that safe space fully and in love. confession: I am still very afraid of sharing my feelings. I hate being rejected, and I have had too many people who supposedly love me tell…
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I’m a WRETCH Undone | August 2015 (Nashville Now)
I have not always done a good job of showing my daughters how to demonstrate love and caring the way that God has commanded us. In my pursuit of perfection, I have displayed the ugliest of my character traits: inpatience, anger, frustration, meanness, judgment, and depression. Sometimes, I have gone so far as to behave…
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Intercession. Compassion. Mercy.
I’m going to say something really mean. Waiting until people experience trauma to respond with prayer is super lame. And I don’t mean to say that prayer is no longer necessary once trauma occurs (indeed it becomes so vital then for obvious reasons); I simply mean that true prayer, true intercession leads to 3 things:…