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Missing Beauty
Like a child at Christmas New to a world of unbridled joy Toys and gifts unshelved and labeled just for me Scantily wrapped in bows to entice And to celebrate the more beautiful giver With an eye to...
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Visit Me at Haven Journal
God Doesn’t Do Rehab… I’ve been rehabbed and relapsed, recovered and recycled the program. In fact, I’m considering applying for the television show, Celebrity Rehab. If one of the prerequisites is...
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I’m Finally Thin – But…by Rachel Zimmerman
“’You’re never trapped. You have the keys to the prison! But sometimes having a choice is scarier than not having a choice. Sometimes the food prison is cozier than the big, wide world where I could...
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Thanks for Aching
Friends, a couple days ago I shared with you some of the frustrations and discouragement I’ve been facing in the course of my walk with Abba. It seems that when we’re smack in the center of His will...
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Book Review, Ted Dekker’s “Outlaw”
If I hadn’t heard Ted Dekker speak in person at the re:Write conference in Austin, TX, I probably never would have picked up this book. I like to read true stories and prefer a good dose of probability...
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There Never Was Any Danger
God’s been talking about going deeper. I love it when what He is telling me in one place begins to be reflected in other places, when the song that He is singing to me softly begins to resound from...
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Given Everything
Romans 8:32 “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” I just returned from a two week trip to visit my parents and...
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In the Wake of the Storm–Protecting Our Own
I write as one blooming in puddles the aftermath of a tempest. In the wake a horrific storm—the kind that turns the sky sallow, rips roots from the ground, lifts homes and drops them in strange places,...
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When Faith Isn’t Enough
At 18-years-old, I stepped onto the sandy, Arizona soil in the driveway of an inpatient treatment center for the second time. Even after numerous counselors and previous inpatient treatment for...
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Loved, Wrested, Lost…By the Giver
I’ve watched a lot of heartbreak in the last few weeks. It makes me feel almost guilty to say that, because it hasn’t been my loss. No, I’ve felt pain as a ricochet, a blow bounced back, only slightly...
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When Life Feels Like a Gamble
Psalm 16:5-6 “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” “I shall never believe that God plays...
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In the Wake of the Valley
I actually wrote this some time ago, but find myself wading through these emotions…again…in the face of another challenge of change. It’s curious that change, instability and loss–no matter what the...
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Got Troubles? Here’s What To Do…
Please enjoy this guest post by Esse Johnson: Alesia Brown recently interviewed me on Touch A Heart Talk Show about my blog post, Breakthrough Now: From Stress to Rest. In the post I exhort that Jesus...
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It is Well With My Soul, A Hymn to Live By
It is Well With My Soul Do you know the song, “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart … ”? Kind of makes you feel like smiling, right? We often sing because we’re happy. Psalm 100:1 tells us,...
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When Seasons Collide
It’s the collision of the seasons. Here I stand on the precipice of my favorite season–autumn. Summer is merging with colder air, the leaves are giving up their green and their death grip on brittle...
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I Can Do All [Crappy] Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me
Say it with me now … “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13 What does that mean to you? Do you have it scribbled on a sticky note in your gym bag? Is it on one of...
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Reasons for Seasons and Rain
Sometimes, when we go through difficult times, we call them “storms”. If you ever watched Winnie the Pooh, gloomy old Eeyore was often pictured with a storm cloud hovering over his head. We say things...
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What Are You Afraid To Lose?
What are you afraid of losing? Everyone is afraid of losing something–a loved one, a job, their reputation, sanity, safety, peace, hope … Or perhaps we’re afraid of something being taken from us; the...
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Nuggets-What Are We Supposed to Be Thankful In?
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says, “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. “ What has that meant to you in the past? How have you heard it preached? Grit your...
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