conflict
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highly sensitive: how it feels right now
Feeling other’s feelings as your own. Struggling to find where you and those you love begin and end. Coping with disappointment from yourself and others when you come to terms with how low your capacity to do actually is. Being embarrassed by how deeply you love. Simple nostalgia making you feel like you’re on holy Continue reading
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Hidden
I pray we humbly hide ourselves in God’s protective care. I pray we grow to trust that God sees our hurt (Genesis 16:13). I pray we would believe that God is not overwhelmed by evil like we are, but that He in His holiness is strong enough to work in evil to bring about good Continue reading
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Me vs You
I’ve been struggling to write it all week … that God made humans in His image. that we are God’s beloved. that every life taken will be reckoned for. that in fighting evil from a place of vengeance and hate we make ourselves vulnerable to being consumed by evil. that even just vengeance is too Continue reading
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I want to shout it to the world
“You control your own body.” I say it to my 3 year old after a scuffle with his sister. “Ask her to stop. Move away from her. Find Mom or Dad. You are not in charge of her. You’re in charge of you.” Later my 5 year old pulls out the phrase that’s been around Continue reading
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Genuine Love In Conflict
We were sitting on the old, beat-up couches that lined the youth group room when she shared with us how her classmates were tearing her down. She felt like the only way to defend herself was to lash back out them. “I know Jesus says to turn the other cheek and everything, but I don’t Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 