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Trauma…Deconstructing to be Reconstructed.
Trauma is brutal and has consequences that change a person at a cellular level. It isn’t something that we ask for or wake up one day and pray for. It hurts. It doesn’t make sense. People don’t understand. But it happens because we have an adversary that is set to steal, kill, and destroy us. Continue reading
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Testimony – Self Defense Class
I used to think taking a self defense class was just going in and throwing some kicks and punches and that was it. One or two classes and you were done. Maybe be around some women and possibly a man and cool….no problem. Boy I was in a for a real treat! You know the Continue reading
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Hiding from Your Reality
We all hide from it. We all dodge it. We all try different things to escape it. We all do things to numb it. But why? Why is it so hard to face our reality instead of hiding from it? Well it all started in the garden with Adam and Eve. You see at first Continue reading
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Choice vs. Right
Today was not like a normal day. At least not for me. Maybe it was for you. Maybe for you, like many others, you woke up as you normally do. Completed your morning routines with sleep still lagging around you, that stuff in your eyes that you can barely get out until the hot shower Continue reading
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Just one day…right?
This week. This one week of every year. Why could it not be any other week? I could think of a thousand reasons why it could be any other week. Any other day. But no. Two days before my birthday. The week of my birthday. Like I am ever going to be able to forget. Every year it will roll around and the first Continue reading
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The 5 P’s for People in Your Life
As I was journaling the other day, lost in thought, prayer for others, and really just trying to find the right words at the right time, I was moved by the Holy Spirit with such grace and love. My pen just began to flow with words and I was reminded of my own flesh and Continue reading
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Called to LOVE…
I used to think that LOVE was a four letter word to be thrown around flippantly. I love you became three words that people said to be manipulative. Only to be said to get what they wanted or to cover up the fact that they just abused me, punches thrown, words said to cut in Continue reading
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Stop Running “Around” Your Wilderness.
Exodus 13:17:18 “Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them through the way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearby. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt. Therefore, God led the people around, through the way Continue reading
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Something’s Missing…
Sometimes in our lives we feel this incredible void inside our chest. Like something is missing. As women, many of us feel this inherent need to be with someone who will fill this void, whether it be a spouse or just a partner. But it is a void deep inside our chests that never seem Continue reading