I scanned hundreds and hundreds of #write31day-ers, scouring contributor websites just for you, and came up with this collection. Getting Your Brave On: ...
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“The meaning of our lives is not dependent on what we make of it but of what he (God) is making of us.” Emily P. Freeman, A Million Little Ways–Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live As if making up for the years of running away from myself, of chasing happiness over contentment, I am here, stepping into who God created me to be. I’ve been reflecting on our intentional life, of the bravery in...
Read MoreGuest Post: by Monica Roberts Synder {Maybe it was over dinner rolls or near the crackling, cavernous fireplace but it was at a writer’s retreat when I first met Monica. At the time, I knew nothing of her testimony. However, I’ve come to know her incredible journey, part of it being her life with a debilitating condition known as Chiari, and other conditions called, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Tethered Spinal Cord,...
Read MoreSome of us were taught salvation is an arrival. But really, it’s a ride. And if we if we take our seat, not passively sit-back-and-be-a-passenger, but actively and willingly participate with the Spirit of God, fear of the unknown threatens us. “You will die, either of embarrassment or of a heart attack,” storm the words of Fear. We can obey Fear or we can become a people of the wind. For some, this comes...
Read MoreI’ve looked at what someone else is doing and think, “I must do that too.” I’ve been drawn away from my own path by the bright and shiny, other thing. I’ve been lured out, more from pressure to measure up, rather than measured steps of the Holy Spirit. I’ve compared. I’ve competed. I’ve people-pleased my way into heavy yokes. Then, I’ve crammed someone’s square talent into...
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(Stay tuned for next week. I’ll be giving away books, free printables, and jewelry as part of my #write31days, series.) “All of God is accessible to you through Christ. Cultivate His knowledge above everything else on earth.” A.W. Tozer, Man: The Dwelling Place of God I sat on my blue couch, in Killeen, Texas, in the first house I ever owned with short-n-shaggy brown carpet under my feet. Fatigue...
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