Perfect Stranger
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“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they” (Matthew 6:26)?
I had never before embraced...... >Read More
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abandoned,
brain injury,
broken back,
coma,
Defeat,
helplessnes,
hospital,
ICU,
loaves and fishes,
pain,
Sally Rowland,
stranger,
traumatic
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WHY, God?
How can a person cope with long-term pain? Get help from someone with personal experience in the article “When Pain Persists”
“Does the clay say to the potter, “What are you making” (Isaiah 45:9)?
German poet Rainer Maria Rike said in a letter, “Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions...... >Read More
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miserable,
pain,
painful,
patience,
potter,
Rainer Maria Rike,
Russell Kelfer,
Sarah Fleischman,
struggles,
wait
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Why Do People Cut?
As "Dr. Muriel" I have received many letters from teens and twenties who are addicted to cutting or self-harm. This epidemic has stunned me! Through research I learned that 13, 000 to 30, 000 girls and women use this as a way of coping. Even Princess Diana of England turned to cutting as a way to cope.
When I started... >Read More
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addiction,
attitude problems,
challenges & conflict,
cutting,
Dr. Muriel Larson,
emotions,
feelings,
hardship & suffering,
Life Issues,
pain,
parenting essentials,
relief,
resolving conflict,
Self,
self-harm,
sexual problems,
teenagers,
teens
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Path towards Rest
Learn how to learn from your mistakes. Try our life lesson “Built by Brokenness”
"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, you will find rest for your souls” (Jeremiah 6:16).
“Elizabeth, you disobeyed me by riding your Hot Wheels in the middle of the street. I’m... >Read More
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ask,
Big Wheels,
crossroads,
discipline,
disobeyed,
Elizabeth Withers,
faith,
Hot Wheels,
look,
pain,
spank
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A Sign of Your Times
What are you craving? Intimacy? Destiny? Meaning? Explore your cravings.
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Above my 19-year old son’s bed, on the wall, hangs an orange “slow-moving vehicle” sign. It’s the kind you see on the back of tractors and hay wagons. If...... >Read More
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ailment,
artifacts,
bill strom,
birth,
crosses,
dancing,
death,
healing,
health,
icon,
mourning,
pain,
personalities,
planting,
uprooting
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The Cross
Are you searching for a source of peace? We are here to listen.
"He personally carried away our sins in His own body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. You have been healed by his wounds!" (1 Peter 2:24, NLT)
Today, as I was cleaning house, I began to... >Read More
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Andi McNair,
Christians,
cross,
crosses,
dead,
grieved,
jewelry,
pain,
sacrifice,
sins,
suffering,
torture
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Dreaming the ABC’s
Do you have unrealistic expectations in life? We are here to listen.
“Forget what happened long ago! Don’t think about the past. I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it” (Isaiah 43:18)?
For most of us we survive each day, week, and year. We examine our budget, take a deep breath, and walk away. The monthly calendar...... >Read More
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appointments,
budget,
disease,
earthquakes,
isaiah,
Linda McCutcheon,
max lucado,
pain,
to do list,
war
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What Do You Fear?
