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Christian Devotionals
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Without The Cross Easter Has No Meaning
I don’t know about you but when spring comes I get so excited. That means the good weather is coming back, patio season is at our doors, the flowers are blooming but most important is Easter! Though some people get excited about the chocolates and the bunnies what I look to most about this holiday is church. If it wasn’t for the cross, Easter would have no meaning. Easter is more than just Good Friday and dressing nice on Easter Sunday, it’s more than just family and having a nice super with the church it’s a reminder that Jesus fought death and beat it! A reminder that we are no…
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Humiliation
Recently I was having lunch with some friends at a shopping mall. As we got our food and sat down, one of my friends said that she wasn’t feeling well. After a few minutes she decided to go to the restroom. As she stood up, she started to pass out. She was able to lie down on the floor to avoid passing out, but the experience was very humiliating and embarrassing to her. She said later that she felt that people were staring at her and making guesses about what might be wrong with her. Was she drunk or high on drugs, was she having a heart attack? Humiliation can…
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What Is Holding You Back?
I have a confession to make…I envy marathon runners! How do they have the stamina and the willpower to keep running for 26 long, grueling miles? What keeps them going when they are ready to give up? What do they think about over the course of those long miles? How do they have the gumption to sign up for another marathon when they are still recovering from sore muscles and blisters from the last marathon? As I have attended marathons (as a spectator of course!) and talked to marathon runners, I have gleaned some valuable insights from running that can be applied to this life that God has given us. …
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Criticism…Ouch it Hurts!
How do you deal with a critical remark or comment? Do you walk away and forget about it or do you mull it over in your mind causing sleepless nights and a roller coaster of emotions? I have to admit that in the past I was a “muller”. I used to let criticism take charge of my thoughts for days, but I am learning in this area. Of course, when God wants to teach me a life lesson, He often gives me the opportunity to learn over and over until I get it. You guessed it…I have had plenty of negative comments thrown my way, but I am pleased to…
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Follow Jesus and not Christians
I’ve noticed that in the Christian community we always want to strive to be like others, we’ll notice other people doing something and want to do it just like them. Or on the flip side sometimes there might be a lack of something.. let’s say a lack of kindness and instead of doing it differently well just follow the way that everyone is in the church instead of actually doing what Jesus would do. This is an issue because we aren’t called to be like every other christian we see but we care called to be like Jesus Christ. Granted, we can never reach perfection but we must strive everyday…
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Woman of God, you are worth it!
Being a woman of God is such a blessing! The amount of power that we hold as woman is incredible, though I must say I didn’t always think like this. When I first gave my life to Christ or even just growing up I didn’t quite understand the role of the woman and therefor I was mislead and have a lot of false assumptions which led me to believe and feel like I was less than and not as worthy as the males. Some of you might still feel this way and may not fully understand some things I’d first like to reassure you and let you know that this…
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Run!
26.2…I couldn’t get the marathon runner’s emblem out of my head. Even though I tried to dismiss the image, it wouldn’t go away. No, at this point in my life I was NOT going to take up running as my new form of exercise, but I felt that God had some lessons that He was trying to teach me. Because my son and daughter-in-law are half-marathon runners, I have an elementary knowledge of the running world. My husband and I have often cheered them on at races, however, I realized that I could learn so much more. I began asking them questions like “How do you train, what do…
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White As Snow
As a Central Louisiana and former East Texas resident, I don’t have many opportunities to see snow, unless I’m traveling further north. What really strikes me as I sit at home today on a rare snow day, especially on a day when the sun hasn’t stolen the white crystals away yet, is the brightness I see when I look outside. It may not be apparent in the picture I posted, but the dreariness of the sky does not affect the piercing glow of the snow-covered immaculate landscape. Time off from school. Time to think and pray and ponder. Catching up on emails, reading blogs, looking at pictures of other snowy yards, watching video…
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Work – Life Balance
It was one of those mornings, I just didn’t want to wake up to work. It was alright though, as I was going to work from home. I lazyly woke up, brushed my teeth, and got ready for my 8 AM call, which was my first meeting for the day. My mom comments as I cozy up in my plush throw to take my call, “You should work hard for your pay you know.” In agreement, I respond, “Yes, but study shows it is good to have a lazy day once in a while, makes you more productive on other days.” I feel lucky to have a full-time job…
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Do You Need to “Leave It”?
Several years ago my daughter had a very vivacious, curious dog named Tilly. Tilly oozed personality and was always a big topic of conversation around the dinner table. One of her delights was to pick up things off the floor that she knew she wasn’t supposed to have and then run and hide under the bed. She thought this trick was so much fun. In order to get her to drop her latest “prize” she was told to “leave it.” Although she was often reluctant, she usually dropped whatever she had in her mouth to slink off and find more trouble. I was recently thinking about her behavior and…
