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Blurry to Clear: Seeing with New Eyes

Five years ago, I did something that changed my life—I had LASIK surgery. After nearly 30 years of blurry mornings and fumbling for glasses, I could finally open my eyes and see. Clearly. Instantly. It was glorious. At my last eye check-up, just for fun, my doctor looked back at my old prescription. My vision…
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Heart Check: Why Are We Really Praying?

Last week during my devotional time, I was reading Mark 10:35–45, and verse 37 stuck with me: “Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory.”—Mark 10:37 At first, I thought, Wow, James and John, really? Were they trying to elevate themselves? Seeking status?…
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Goats VS Sheep

Last week we had a guest speaker at my church and he mentioned on how we do not want to be a goat. Now, I knew the context he was going for, however, maybe being a gymnast mom made me pause because my mind immediately thought of Simone Biles who is generally called a goat.…
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We need each other

Have you ever asked someone for help, only to find they didn’t follow through—or didn’t do it the way you hoped? So you just do it yourself. And over time, that “I’ll just handle it” mindset becomes a habit. You stop asking. You start carrying more than you were meant to. Maybe that’s not your…
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Celebrating a death?

As I’m sure most of you had heard, Charlie Kirk, renowned conservative activist, was killed. Assassinated would be the more appropriate word for it. This man was very outspoken about his faith and his beliefs and was incredibly good at debating others that disagreed with him in a respectful way. He didn’t want to degrade…
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1 minute 35 seconds

This is not my normal uplifting and encouraging message, but I felt this in my spirit that I had to discuss it. Because I think we need a heart check and a time check in our lives and in our society. In Charlotte, NC there was a beautiful young Ukranian immigrant named Iryna Zarutska. From…
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Idols

Recently my children begged me to watch this new Netflix movie and if you browse any sort of social media, you’ve probably heard of this one. Now, I love movies, but K-Pop themes aren’t usually my go to, however my oldest really wanted to hear my opinion on it because there was a lot she…
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AI Replacing Humans?

Is AI taking over the world? Has it gotten to the point that we prefer company of a bot than another person or sometimes can’t even tell the difference? So the other day, I called an electrician because we had a leak in our roof that during a storm, it started dripping water through our…
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Unanswered Prayers

Prayer is communication with God. It’s also putting your petitions before Him. But what do we do when those requests go unanswered? It can be disheartening, sometimes feel futile, when praying for something over and over doesn’t get the answer we were hoping for. I have been praying for something for a long time. And…
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The Masks We Wear

I’m sure all of us can remember growing up and, more often around Halloween, putting on a costume with a mask. Superheroes or a fairy princess or maybe even something more sinister. Or maybe you were like me and your class did an art project when you were in 5th grade where you created a…
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