Category: Spiritual Growth
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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.…
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NEVER FULLY BEEN
“Let me tell the tale Of a girl who didn’t stop, Who climbed up every mountain Without a pause upon the top. She’d dance until each blade of grass Was clothed in drops of dew, And the sun knew her by name But the silver moon did too. For a fear had settled in her…
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BATTERING WINDS
“Your Father loves you, and although it is not necessarily a moment of feeling it, act out of conviction and with faith, run to His arms—He awaits you! Take refuge in Him in the midst of this storm… Even if the winds batter against you, your Father holds you. Even if the enemy wants to…
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PRESSED AND CRUSHED
“You cannot bear the weight of this pressure alone…Lean, daughter, lean.” God knew the pain and struggle I was going through. As I opened my devotional, I read this phrase and I felt it speak to my heart. It was as if the words were coming alive. It was like I could hear God speaking…
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BIND US UP
We all have wounds—emotional or physical. But then they begin to scar. Every scar we have tells of a hidden story. Some scars are small and unnoticeable while others constantly remind us of what happened. But have there been wounds that have taken a while to heal due to their depth or size? Recently God…
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DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN
Have you ever felt like you just want to give it all up? Or maybe there’ve been moments where you can’t see the light in that dark tunnel. You slowly start to feel the walls around you steal away the only oxygen you have left. Have you ever gone through a situation in which you…
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COULD HAVE BEEN QUEEN
“Did you say twenty?! Are sure that you counted right??” “Yes, darling, you heard right. I did say twenty bars of gold.” I could feel my eyes popping out as our family friend shared her story with us. Mary said that while her eight children were still small, she found a job as a nanny…
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I CAN’T ANYMORE
She sounded so frustrated, so tired of trying, so depressed, and so defeated. I felt numb as all of her words, just—settled in. My heart went out to her. I wished that I could wrap my arms around her and just hold her. I sat there in shock as tears pricked my eyes. This couldn’t…
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I DO
“No, no that can’t be true…” “I just don’t believe it!” “Wait…could it be true??” There has always been a conflict within me. And I’m sure that I’m not the only one. I always questioned the fact that I’m beautiful before God’s eyes. I was always doubting that I had a special place in God’s…
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To fall in Love?
…Singleness is not loneliness Recently, I suffered from a breakup. When you enter into a relationship, you never think about breaking up or the fact that the relationship might not work out. I entered into this relationship knowing full well the difficulties we would face such as distance (we’re from different countries), the time zones,…
BEAUTY FROM ASHES 