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Rattled thoughts
Shame and regret are what I should feel but numbness fills my shell. Owning my mistakes, my choices, why can't the rebuke take hold? Force a change? Or at least release a wall of liquid salt? Is it due to the meds? Or lack thereof? Pinching myself brings nothing. Pain. Irritation. Joy. Nada. Disappointed but ...
Discerning Orthopathy (Right Feelings) and the Holy Spirit
by Heather Harney Emotions are finicky things that drive each of us either forward or careening backward into a corner. Feelings are not always accurate because the scar tissue we accumulate through life sometimes masks the truth of our pain, sadness, grief, and joy. We are told to test our emotions, to listen to them, ...
Confession
Avoid. Withdrawal. Elude. These three actions have taken the AWE out of my life. The moment I walked across the stage on December 17, 2016, to grab my empty degree shell, a large part of me dove into the most remote cavern of my soul. Once there, my imagination remained curled in the fetal position. ...
Tattered
Stations of the Cross are placed around the auditorium. Her favorite station is in front of the stage; a rugged wooden cross, standing seven feet tall, is there for anyone to nail their troubles, concerns, or pleas for forgiveness to. The act of driving a rusty square nail into a thin piece of paper and ...
Adjust your view…
"Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn't matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently.” ― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism While rereading Black Prism, I continually find myself grateful for an author, ...
Moments of beauty…
“Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.” ― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism The other night, I was talking with a friend about an author's work. I like this author--he writes about humanity's harshness and desire for power without constructing a plot line that buries the heart of his message under fluff and rhetorical ...
This will cost…
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. ~ James 1:2-3 Last night, I had the opportunity to hear from two remarkable women who are seeking to bring ...
Dreams are a wish…
"I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least." ~ C.S. Lewis Still tossing and turning, dreams crept in and transported me away from pain, insomnia, and sounds of Jay St. I found myself with others trying to get to Central Park in New York City. We got trapped ...
Do not let me . . .
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did ...
One another
"Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the ...
Six Steps Since 