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Joyous Kwanzaa, Day #5: NIA
When God created mankind God did so with intention, making man in His own image and taking time to shape the form of man with His own hands and breathe into man life. Within the breath of God is a portion of God’s character, and that is PURPOSE. We are shaped in it, born with […]
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Embrace the suck
The first time I read the phrase embrace the suck, I was actually reading an article about…parenting? War? Marriage? Work? Being black in America? I don’t even remember. I just remember the phrase catching my eye. It was one I’d never heard or read before, and it resonated deep in my chest. I had to […]
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Eye Crusties
The world would be a much better place if we stopped focusing on “tattling” to God about others and focused on receiving healing in our minds, hearts, and bodies through Christ. Matthew 7 says: Keep judging folks and see where that gets you—judged by the SAME MEASUREMENTS you judging with. Uh huh, let’s see if […]
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The ultimate dentist: a modern day parable
The ultimate dentist: a modern day parable After years of not having dental insurance or having it but not having the copay or having both but also having a myriad of excuses that canceled out me having what I needed… sigh. I FINALLY went to the dentist, who promptly told me that I needed 11 […]
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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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Kindness, Clarity, and Encouragement – #22
I’ve no idea where I got this from but hey! It still slaps.
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Change your thinking, Change your life
thinking People operate in their trauma because it is comfortable and comforting. The spirit of fear casts healing as the unknown; and since natural human proclivity is to know, we fear what might be lost on the other side of healing. word So when the Apostle Paul said, “the weapons of our warfare are not […]
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Kindness, Clarity, and Encouragement – #6
I am a follower of introspectives. I like people who think deeply about things—especially when the wisdom of God flows through their thought process. Pastor Hart Ramsey is one of them. I’ve copied the remainder of the text below; click the link under the image above for the original or in the text below to […]
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The Pressure to Perform
I don’t know when it happened or how but… I found myself stuck like chuck a few months ago. Like, on complete and utter pause trying to figure out why I was so miserable, so tapped out. I wanted to tear my hair out! But the Lord is nothing if not merciful and kind, so […]
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