Tag: hope
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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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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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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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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.…
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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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REMAINING STAGNANT
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:” I cried. There were so many questions hiding in my heart. I was scared of what my next steps would be. I was unsure of what my future held. I thought I had it all figured out and then I felt ashamed.…
BEAUTY FROM ASHES 