Tag: encouragement
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Moving Forward
TestimonyforToday: I am easily offended. And when someone is being deliberately jerky and unpleasant my offended self gets REALLY riled up. As I have prayed and asked God to make me better, He has shown me that this isn’t some personality flaw-I really am wrestling with a spirit (Ephesians 6:12). My fight is NOT TRYING […]
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Don’t Let the Process Punk You
I’m gone keep it all the way 💯. I have been a quitter the entirety of my life. I have known this about myself always, even when other people didn’t see it. My hyper-intellectual, performance based, rapid paced output blinds people to my inability to finish anything for myself. See, when you live in fear? […]
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I been in the storm too long
I’ve been in the storm too long. And you know when storms last and last, we start looking for answers and reasons like Job. Job, whose storms lasted in such a devastating way, looked up to God for answers that were simply not forthcoming; then while he was waiting on God to say something he […]
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Drop Down N Getcho Eagle On
Most people know that eagles use wind resistance to lift off. What I didn’t know and found excessively amazing is that eagles chill in turbulence, too. You know what they do? When turbulence hits, the eagle tucks wing, goes into free fall, and then recovers by simply extending wings again as the turbulence subsides. Not […]
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Remember Lot’s Wife
This ain’t the time to turn back now. One time, I found myself driving around Chicago on a mission not my own. As I drove into the city, I found myself both happy and heavy—excited to be back in a place where I felt most comfortable and happy as an adult, yet heavier and sadder […]
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The Year of Reclaim
A personal testimony. The thing of it is, I was born to serve. People who assume things about me, assume that I am attempting to do other than serve have to check their own hearts. I have always just filled the spot that needed to be filled. Dishes? I wash them. Alto? I sing my […]