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UNDIMMED
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had this one constant prayer…”Lord let me be a light to others. Let them see You in me and may my testimony bring honor to Your name!” Every time I would get ready for work, I would ask God to give me grace to be that…
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SELAH
My heart felt numb. I lay awake in bed, replaying the events that had taken place. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t go back to sleep. My mind was still trying to process everything that had just happened but at the same time, I kept trying to ignore my anguish and hurt. I didn’t want…
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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…
BEAUTY FROM ASHES
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BEAUTY FROM ASHES 