The Archives
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Forgiveness heals your (and your neighbor’s) heart.
The bad news is not everyone who hurts you will apologize. Some might not even know they’ve hurt you. They might not realize how the word they spoke or the look they cast on you made your belly drop. Others might know they’ve hurt you, but don’t care to make it right. Others might blame…
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Lord, help her to see that Your idea of success and hers might look different.
Rejection, on some day and in some way, is going to face you. Don’t worry, it happens to us all. I want you to know now, before that times hits, that your work may be rejected but you are not. In June I committed to submitting a piece to be considered for a women’s devotional,…
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How are you waiting for Jesus to arrive?
The leaves have danced off the trees and the turkey is cold again; in its place comes the Christmas season. Here comes a herald of holly and gift wrap, of warm greetings and jingle bells. On our drive beneath the Tennessee sunset on our way to a small Thanksgiving dinner a couple days ago, advent…
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Church, even if you lose, you’re still on the winning side.
Tuesday is coming. Americans sprawled from the east to the west coasts will watch as ballots are counted. State by state, county by county, polling location by polling location, one by one. I imagine there will be an array of feelings sweep across the nation as the numbers inch higher and higher. Some will celebrate…