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Testing Faith

As you well know, I have allowed myself to be in a bit of a financial pickle. However, I am learning to put my faith in God, not worldly possessions. I’m feeling very sick and weak today and have been unable to do any work so far today. Normally, this would make me pretty anxious. I have found that I typically “feel” better about my impending doom if I’m at least working toward getting out of it.…

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Seasons of Love

I am tired of the transgender conversation happening in this country. I have a lot of opinions on the topic so I’m going to try to keep my focus as I write this. Hopefully, it doesn’t become a rambling mess.  Trans people have existed for a long time. Many, many years ago the critically acclaimed Broadway show Rent was turned into a very popular film. It’s an interesting story about an…

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Unexpected Visits from Heaven

Unexpected Visits from Heaven

Later in this book, we will hear the Lord tell us the importance of caring for the least of these: the poor, the sick, the homeless. It is through caring for them that we care for Him. Our God comes to us in ways we don’t always understand but the Christian heart is moved to act for those in need. I remember a friend many years ago say one night she and her husband were driving home and the…

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Get Behind Me

The Screwtape Letters is one of the best books I have ever read and would highly encourage everyone to read it at least once in their lives. It would make a good Lenten read. The premise of the book is that a senior demon is trying to instruct a junior demon on how to damn a man’s soul. The reason I loved the book so much was that it helped me to personify evil in a way I hadn’t been able to do…

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Jesus Came for All

Jesus Came for All

You know when you have a surprise for a kid and you tease them a little bit? You tell them you have a surprise but they can only have it if they’re extra well behaved for the babysitter. They ask you what it is but that would ruin the surprise! They try to get you to tell them but you just reiterate the instructions and leave the house. I kinda feel like Jesus is doing that to this poor woman. He…

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Take a Break

As women, modern women at that, it seems we are busy all the time. We go from work to volunteering, to family obligations, constantly on the move. For many of us, the work we do is for the Lord so it’s time spent on the Kingdom, but how often do we allow that to get in the way of personal time? In this passage, Jesus sets such a beautiful example for us.  In verse 13 we see the Lord wants to be…

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Do Not Lack Faith

Do Not Lack Faith

The Lord seeks to bless us abundantly. I don’t know about you, but I have a way of closing my heart to the King, sometimes lacking in faith. We see in this verse that there is a correlation between our faith and God’s action in our lives. The more space we give Him in our lives, the more He will bless us. We get so worked up about everything going according to our plans when what we need to do is…

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This Divided House

I genuinely fear for my country. It has not always been in my prayer routine to pray for our nation as a whole, but over the last couple of years, I’ve made it a priority. I watch the news and am horrified by the undignified and often illogical behavior of my fellow countrymen. There has been animosity growing within our borders for every reason imaginable. Now, talk of a second civil war is on…

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Light and Easy

I have often struggled to understand these words from our King. I’ve tried carrying a 2×4 and found it to be quite heavy. He carried a whole cross; how could his burden be light? Jesus carries upon Him the soul of every single human being in the whole of human existence: past, present, and future. How could His yoke possibly be easy? The great expanse of an ever-expanding universe resides within…

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Don't Blink: God's Blessings Are Coming

Don’t Blink: God’s Blessings Are Coming

Well, this verse pretty clearly answers a prayer. I recently wrote about how I have been trying to blog for years, but have yet to make a full-time income from it. It has been a great challenge and very frustrating. I always thought if the Lord was calling you to something, He would provide for it. Yet, I am of little faith. I always worked on the blog while also having another job and when life…

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Jesus Heals According to Our Faith

Jesus Heals According to Our Faith

I have been through the Gospel of Matthew a fair few times, but it is so deeply rooted in faith. If this is the first post you’re reading from me, you’re probably thinking, “Duh, stupid, it’s kinda the point of the whole Bible.” But I have shared in the past how I have struggled to live according to faith. I find myself in a season of life where I’m very focused on developing this gift. We keep…

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Praying in the Storm

Praying in the Storm

What a special prayer this is. We say it all the time in really tough situations: job loss, cancer diagnosis, finals week. But the truth is, we always need God to save us, we’re always perishing. Whether it’s going to get a bite to eat, just watching a movie, or getting ready for bed. As sinners, at all points in our lives, we are perishing. But by His grace He saves us. Right now I’m super…

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I'm Not Judgmental, I'm Opinionated

I’m Not Judgmental, I’m Opinionated

It has been brought to my attention that some people think I’m judgmental. To be honest, I’ve never taken much to this assessment because I’m one of those people that doesn’t care what other people think of me. Recently I began thinking about it: I’m not judgmental, I’m opinionated. I have an opinion on everything, literally, especially things about morality and personal conduct. For example, I…

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Grow in Faith

Oh yes, this is one of those verses where I feel God speaking to me directly. I have always been an extremely anxious person, but by coming to Christ I have made some major improvements. I have always felt like my faith needed work. I could be patient, in many ways I have self-control, I’m a pretty optimistic person, I’m sometimes loving, but faith is one I struggle with. Fun fact: so is…

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The Church Failed

I don’t know all the details of this story yet, but I just learned that an investigation has recently determined that Pope Benedict knew of priest(s) sexually abusing minors while he served as Archbishop of Munich and failed to take appropriate actions. Priest sexual abuse is a massive problem that members of the Church have tried to cover up for too long. It seems only recently (in the past…

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Who is The Devil?

Who is The Devil?

It is vitally important to our spiritual life to have a very clear understanding of how the devil operates, his nature. We spend a lot of time focused on learning the nature of God and exploring our own dual nature as spiritual beings in a physical world. We know the nature of the devil is to be a liar, but I think there is more we NEED to know. It is only through knowing the voice of God that we…

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Failed Baptismal Promises

All aspects of the spiritual life should be seen in the body, I have said in the past how the Sacraments are the physical manifestations of metaphysical realities. God made us both body and soul. He made Heaven ad earth, Jesus is both fully God and full man. There is a sense of duality inherent in our existence, one reflects the truth of the other. In this verse we see John the Baptist pointing…