Tag: faith
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The Gift of Letting Go: If Pink Were a Person
Taking in this moment, not a soul, not a sound, just these pretty pink flowers lying on the ground. . If pink were a person, she’d be careless and free. She’d rejoice in her trials because they shape you and me. . She’d wear joy and gratitude like jewels around her neck. She’d keep praising…
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The Gift of Your Name: It Won’t Be Cut Off
One of my favorite parts of creating is the process of naming my work. Often times, I will have the name of the work decided before I even begin. Much like this process, God also knew our names before He created us. Names are special to God. Names are special to me as well; they…
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The Gift of Good Medicine
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22) This verse has been ringing my ears these days. What exactly is a joyful heart, and why does God tell us it’s good medicine? Like any good medicine, we must go to the doctor to receive it. In order…
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The Gift of the Empty Page: Falling in Love With God
Have you ever been in a relationship and realized it wasn’t real love? Maybe you loved the person but came to the conclusion you weren’t “in love” with them. In relationships like this, often times one of the two of us (or both of us) need the other more than we love them. Often times,…
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The Gift of God’s Love: It’s Close Enough to Touch
Do you ever have one of those moments or maybe even a season where you find yourself begging God to reveal Himself in a bigger way? I’ve found myself recently in one of those seasons. I’ve found myself in a season where I long to be as close to God as humanly possible, and I’m…
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The Gift of Peace: Choosing Confrontation Over Comfortability
Sometimes confrontation must come before peace—whether it be a person (with compassion), a situation, a trauma, or even a dream. We must refuse to run away from conflict and instead, choose to face things, face people, no matter how uncomfortable it may be in the moment. This is how we find peace. There’s a difference…
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The Gift of Peace and Pretty Things
Life has been heavy lately. My ceiling falling in on my kitchen was nothing but the cherry on top of the cake. While the maintenance crew began to create for me a new ceiling, I decided to do some creating of my own. I had a craving for soft and light colors, blues and purples.…
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The Gift of Peacemakers: Peace is in Your Hands
What makes you feel at peace? For me, it’s pretty simple—I love creating. When I stop creating, I soon start to feel different in my spirit. I was made to create, whether that be a painting, a book, a poem, a home, or even peace itself. Recently during a podcast, the host began to speak…
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The Gift of Peace: Realizing God’s Timing is Perfect
It was around one o’clock am when Sassy and I were abruptly awoken by a crash coming from my kitchen. A leak from upstairs had led to a progressive weakening in the integrity of my ceiling. By that time, the leak had been fixed, but the damage had already been done. Earlier that day, just…
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The Gift of an Empty Wall: Finding Peace in the Unfinished
I sat and stared at my empty wall, the wall of my dining room that had once been occupied by a giant green forest tapestry. Like many things I’ve loved, I grew out of it and began to feel as if it were time for something new. God’s been teaching me lately to be at…
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