Beauty in Pain

2093) In my 60 years, I’ve learned there is a beauty that is beyond any other thing on this earth than when it shows up in pain.   There was the man sitting on the ground with his arms wrapped around his dog, crying tears of love, because he had to take him in to
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Internalize

2092) I’ve recently heard something that was helpful and it is to think of your life like a recipe for a cake. There are some ingredients you would eat separately.   It might be sugar or a drop of vanilla in a hot drink. But there are other ingredients which you probably wouldn’t eat separately,
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Will

2091) Getting to know who God is is something we will always need to do in this life.   Just trying to wrap my head around God being omniscient, omnipotent, and so much more is mind-boggling, and yet, God asks us to do specific things even though we cannot fully understand God’s reasons for what
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The Difficulty of Truth

2090) Sometimes truth is a heavy burden. The fact that loved ones will die, and diseases aren’t always cured, is something we must accept.   Sometimes admitting these things are a part of this life can be such a heavy burden. It’s tempting to push them away, pretending they won’t happen or they will be
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Unchangeable

2089) I sometimes have a hard time admitting I battle anxiety. There are some things that trigger it more than others.   One trigger is unexpected loud noises. Another trigger is if something changes my schedule for any given day, without my knowing it ahead of time. As you can tell, because life doesn’t work
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Let Go and Stick On

2088) There is a phrase that frustrated me a lot during my teen years because I didn’t understand it. If I heard the words, Let it go, I was beside myself trying to understand what it means.   I’m not sure someone in their teens could understand this, but what I understand it to mean
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Who God is Not

2087) Depending on how you were raised, you formed opinions as to who God is and how he operates.   Unfortunately, we often conclude many things about who God is based on things we see and hear.   Like gossip, it’s always better to go to the source of the matter in question, rather than
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Prayer is an Act of Faith

2086) Conversation is important. If you don’t speak your words, your relationship with others will fade.   It’s hard to have conversations sometimes because there could be misunderstandings, words drenched in emotions that others don’t understand, and there’s always the fact that sometimes our vulnerability is abused by listeners.   None of these things exist
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Contentment

2085) Have you ever worked hard at something which may have taken you all day? Do you sit back afterward, reflecting on all you accomplished?   I have and contentment fills me. Why? Because I’ve accomplished something worthwhile.   Philippians 4:4 tells us to rejoice in the Lord always. The word for rejoice in the
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The Stones of Judgment

2084) I have always gravitated to the Gospels in my Bible study and because of this, I sometimes read but don’t think about something I am very familiar with.   T his almost happened recently when I was reading John 8.   At the beginning of the chapter, the religious leaders, you know, the ones
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