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Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter
Unreasonable Expectations I want to begin with sharing my eighteen-year-old dreams for the college experience. I believed it would be a time of fun, freedom, love, and all the benefits of adulthood. I expected to arrive at college and have instant connections with others. I believed that all the classes would be intellectually stimulating and…
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Practicing Stewardship Over my Body
I dragged myself through the door with my kindergartener in tow. I barely made it up the stairs before the urge to lie down overtook me. I crashed into the bed as my daughter rummaged through the kitchen looking for a snack. She found one before coming into the room to see me almost passed…
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A Spirit of Sound Mind
“For God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV I don’t know about you, but there are certainly days, weeks, months, and even years of my life when I have not felt like I had power, love, or a…
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Creating a Quiet Time
It’s become a beautiful ritual that I guard as sacred. I’ve tried several times through the years to become a consistent Bible reader, but it didn’t stick. I would read a few chapters here and there, but by and large I didn’t know the Bible well. I have trouble making things routine, but God moved…
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Becoming who God Created you to be
What do you really need? Christians know that what we need more than anything is to be saved from our sin. We need to accept the gift of salvation freely offered by God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If we don’t have that, then it doesn’t really matter if we have anything…
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Biblical Womanhood
“…a woman with an issue of blood,” Luke 8:43a It happened at summer camp when I was 11 years old. It wasn’t the first time, but it was definitely the first in a series of experiences that were to forever define womanhood and my struggle with it. I thought I had wet my pants. I…
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Should I go to College or Start a Career?
So, you’re 17 years old embarking on your senior year of highschool with vague ideas about your future. Or maybe you’re a junior and getting a head start on graduation planning. Or you’ve been out of school a few years, and you’re still figuring it out. Your family, teachers, or maybe even your friends are…
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A hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 12:13