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Category: Faith

The Inevitability of Death

There is nothing that makes you think more about your own mortality than when someone you know passes away. Recently, one of my my co-workers that I had worked closely with on projects in my job passed away. Not much older than myself, with children and a wife, a car accident claimed his life swiftly.…
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Keep Growing!

Have you ever had a garden? Watched it grow from a seed in the dirt into a beautiful flower, or a hearty tomatoes? I am not much of a gardener, but over the last few years I have successfully gotten cucumbers and tomatoes to grow in my garden. I’ve turned my black thumb into more…
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Not Living, Simply Not Dying

As we are still in the midst of this pandemic, though there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I feel pressed to remind and encourage everyone to keep living. For most of us, we’ve been stuck in this quarantined state, barely leaving our homes. For many, they are paralyzed by fear of…
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2020

It is definitely a different world that we are living in right now. A different kind of norm than we are used to. Oftentimes now when we have the opportunity to leave our homes, this is how we leave or are greeted by others. Yes, this is definitely different and hard. And with everything negative…
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Hold on…there is hope in the midst of darkness

In the words of the wisest crab of the ocean: Life is….hard and there are times that it is so easy to let yourself be overcome. It is tough to see the rainbow when you are going through the storm. We have seen this more and more frequently and over the course of the last…
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Keep Moving Forward

Everyone has a fear. That deep seated fear that is difficult to find refuge from. For my mother it’s heights. My husband has a huge arachnophobia, which if you learn the story behind it is very justified. For me, I’ve always had a fear of failure. Because failing isn’t acceptable in my mind. Failing means…
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God’s little messengers…

Have you ever had a really bad day and then a stranger out of nowhere comes and tells you what you need to hear and just lifts you up? Or maybe even someone you know just places a random call to encourage you when you least expect it? I had this experience yesterday afternoon while…
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Heartaches and Bad Tastes

My heart has ached so much for the people in the beautiful state of Florida, the great state of Texas and all others affected by the hurricanes. My heart also goes out to all of those that are affected by the wildfires out in the west. But even more so, my heart grieves over some…
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Opportunities amidst the frustration and chaos?

I am often amazed at how when I pray specifically for something, something else happens that seems to counteract what I am praying for. For example, if I am praying to be a better wife to my husband, seems that something happens and a fight erupts and it’s more of an I want to punch…
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Eternal Happiness is a Fairytale…

They say that we should be in the pursuit of happiness. You should do whatever makes you happy. I see a problem with this thought process and here’s why: Happiness is defined as the state of being happy Let’s break that down a little further Happy is defined as a feeling. Whereas state is defined as a…
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