Category: joy
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Love Your Enemies
Let’s talk about loving your enemies. I have struggled for years with someone in ministry who is just the oil to my water. We do not mix at all. They have a completely different mindset, thought process, and way of life than I do. They go out of their way to bring strife into the…
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Frozen Ugly Christmas Sweaters
I love this time of year. Ugly sweaters. Snow. Parties. What’s not to love? Enjoy this collection of snowtastic ugly Frozen Christmas sweaters. Links are non-affiliated. I love this one of ElsaSven & Olaf…what’s not to love? Let it gooooo You can’t get much uglier than this.If you get a chance look at the rest…
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Just Eat
1 Corinthians 10:31 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Samuel 1:18 “…Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.” 1 Kings 19:4-8 “But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and…
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Let’s Dance!
I was in the waiting room at therapy with my friend, and a boy, maybe 16 or 17, came up to me, sat as close as he possibly could, and grabbed my hand. Which is a totally normal occurence in my line of work. He asked what my name was, and after I told him,…
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Halloween Treat Buckets
Halloween is almost here! I LOVE Halloween. I enjoy putting together special goody bags for the kids I work with. This year I am putting something together for my former nanny kids but I have very little time. Meaning I can’t make any fancy treats or caramel apples or drizzled pretzel rods. So I went…
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Turn to Joy
“Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.” John 16:20 ESV Sorrow will turn to joy. I find that so comforting! This sorrow that I am facing will turn to joy. Sorrow, mourning, pain, all of…
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His Grace
The grace and mercy of God is unbelievably overwhelming. Looking back on all of my mistakes, sins, and regrets I would never expect God to use me how He is. I am serving Him in student ministry as a life group leader for senior girls, in children’s ministry as a preschool teacher, and now starting…
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Love > Bitterness
Lysa TerKeurst has been through the wringer. Satan has attacked her and her family because she is allowing God to work through her and use her. She has been strong through it all and so filled with the grace and love of Christ. I strive to get to the place where my circumstances will not…
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Dear Sister
My heart breaks for you. I am in utter agony as I witness you hurt yourself in the same ways I have these past 15 years. No one deserves to battle an eating disorder. No one deserves the unbearable agony and overwhelming shame that comes with an eating disorder. An ED will take over your…
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Painful Beloved 