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How to Deal with Difficult People
We can never be perfect like Jesus, but think about this for inspiration: on the most difficult day of His life as a man (remember, He was both fully man and fully God), Jesus chose to – while suffering greatly and being able to stop it all if He chose – forgive His assailants and accusers. In our eyes, He had every right to at least be angry, but no – He chose forgiveness and compassion. “They know not what they do”. We might not always choose to immediately forgive, or to say kind things directly in the face of adversity (far less than what Jesus experienced, too), and –…
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How to Stop Complaining all the Time
I wanted to share a tip that I use to combat grumbling. Grumbling is something I’m sure we all struggle with, whether we want to admit it or not. But, how can we help our fellow sister’s in Christ – or ANYONE for that matter – if we don’t share our struggles and how we use our weaknesses to glorify God. in 2 Cor 12:9-10 Paul is boasting about his weakness, and he says this is so that the power of Christ may dwell in him. So. . . let’s boast away, cause who doesn’t need more of *THAT pwer, amirite??? Ok, so.. here’s my tip (but first my confession,…
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God’s Timing
God’s timing God is so good, even in those moments where we don’t take time to realize it, When pastors say: “God is good all the time, and all the time God is good” they aren’t kidding. I am an off the beaten path type gal, and I enjoy swimming against the popular stream typically, and in being so, it inspires me to also look at things that others do not – more specifically to look at things the way that others do not. I often reflect on the past – a little too often sometimes, to my chagrin – and, while there are some super painful moments that come…
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Jonah | The Right Man for the Job
For the past 3 weeks in church, we’ve been talking about Jonah, and if you’ve ever been within 200 yards of a bible teaching church (or within 1,000 yards of a rowdy group of VBS kids) you know the story. God wants Jonah to go to Nineveh, Jonah is afraid/against the idea so much so that he runs 3,000 miles in the OPPOSITE direction to try and escape. Nowadays we can roll our eyes at this story, because most of us know the scripture in Psalms that reads: “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you…
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Am I More than Just the Average of Every High and Every Low?
“Am I more than just the average of every high and every low?” More than a ridiculously long blog title, or an offshoot →(for copyright reasons) of a catchy rhyme from Lauren Daigle’s song You Say, this is something I think most – if not all – of us struggle with on a daily basis. It’s something that’s plagued me for awhile, if I’m being honest, and I’ve never been able to put words to it until this morning while making coffee. I didn’t have a great epiphany, there was no image of the savior appearing in my morning toast – no, nothing like that. I just happened to wake…
