Faith Adventure
My Dreams Were too Small
When I was a young girl, my dreams weren’t much different than most girls of my generation: To get married, have children and keep a lovely yard. But through a unique and exciting series of events, the Lord graciously showed me that my dreams were too small. Of course He wanted to give me these precious gifts, but God wanted to give me much more: An...
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Finding Healing After Betrayal Interview of Will Ludy* (names have been changed), written by L....
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Our former class president stood at the head of the blue and white festooned banquet hall ringing out numbers like a bingo caller. “One?” Nearly every hand in the room swooped into the air. “Two?” Several hands lowered and eyes scanned the linen covered tables looking for remaining qualifiers. “Three?” Bodies rustled while everyone...
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There I was, alone in my tiny residence room, crying at 3am. Things like this just did not happen to me! I'm an educated, modern, rational person! How did my life come to this? First steps I grew up without any religious knowledge or experience. I adopted an atheist attitude, mostly because my friends were atheists. I wasn’t really sure of...
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What words would you use to describe your current experience as a Christian? Growing. Frustrated. Disappointing. Fulfilled. Forgiven. Stuck. Struggling. Joyful. Defeated. Exciting. Up and down. Empty. Discouraged. Duty. Intimate. Mediocre. Painful. Dynamic. Guilty. Vital. So-so. Others? Do you desire more? Jesus said, “If anyone is thirsty,...
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In the backseat the younger three kids—toddler Erin in her safety seat and the kindergartner twins, Jonathan and Jennifer sitting beside her—were quiet for once. They didn’t understand why yet another change had to happen in their lives but they trusted me to keep them safe and make things okay. Beside me in the front seat my oldest child,...
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Everyone has a dream of success. To some, it is making lots of money and having other people look up to you. To others, it may be owning a beautiful home, driving an expensive car, and being able to buy anything you like. Then there are people who think success is having a happy family life, a wonderful husband and children they can be proud of........
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Have you ever felt like losing five pounds? I have -and it turned out to be the beginning of a 10 year diet which nearly killed me. Popularity became important to me at a very young age. As a child, I had lots of friends and I felt good about myself. I was very close to my family. Then, when I was 11 years old, my peaceful world became confused...
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