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BEFORE ME
When I got back to the states from my missions trip, I remember asking God to show me what would be my next step. I reached out to my previous supervisor and asked if there were any open positions at her clinic. She said that this company was in great need for nurses and that…
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PERPLEXED
“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.” Isaiah 26:3-4 (NKJV) What an encouraging passage yet what a difficult concept for us to understand–“In perfect peace…” Is it possible to have perfect…
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EVEN IF HE DOESN’T
There is a certain passage in the Bible that has always drawn my attention. Every time I read it my heart yearns to reach this level of surrender. I long to have this growth in my faith. But in order to reach that, there are certain difficulties I must go and grow through. And recently,…
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GLORY REVISED
Have you ever prayed to see God’s glory in your life? We read of so many men and women in the Bible who were able to witness God’s glory in the course of their lives. Reading about the story of Moses’s multiple encounters with the Lord, and reading about David’s constant desire to dwell in…
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SURRENDER
As we’re reaching the middle of the year, I’m reminded of the most common question we all ask each other at the start of every year: “What is your New Year’s Resolution?” It’s great to have goals to better ourselves in different areas of our lives. But as the year continues we tend to forget…
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IVORY KEYS
“Please tell me you learned it already?!” I overheard my friends talking about the new song we had learned at youth camp. And I nonchalantly commented, “If you’re talking about ‘Let us Search’, I actually have the music sheet!!” I saw my friend’s eyes light up as she asked, “You do?! Can you please play…
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YOU GOT CONFIDENT
Have you ever gone somewhere with no expectations whatsoever; not expecting anything to happen yet still open to anything? As our youth group waited during the layover in Texas, I kept praying quietly, “Lord you know my heart, let Your will be done.” I was not planning to go to this youth camp in Pennsylvania…
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THE ACT OF THROWING SOMETHING FORCEFULLY
You type in the search bar: “stress relief gifts”. Ad after ad pops up offering a variety of stress/anxiety relief gift options. From “fidget cube stress relieving toy” to “stress/anxiety relief device” to “silicone pop bubble stress relieving keychains”. Nowadays it’s become normal to see a huge production of items that advertise helping out with…
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IMPERFECTION
As soon as we got home, I remember looking down and seeing a gray stain smack dab in the middle of my shirt. My heart sunk. I closed my eyes and thought, “Please, don’t be smudged! It can’t be smudged!” And that whole week I anxiously waited for the phone call. That afternoon my sister…
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CROWN OF SPLENDOR
The crunching sound could be heard as my shoes hit the sand, one foot in front of the other. All background noises seemed to fade away into the distance. I could only hear my breathing and the hard thump of my heart. Hair whiplashing my face as I kept running. Cold air numbing my face.…
BEAUTY FROM ASHES
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BEAUTY FROM ASHES 