Tag: love
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Life is Fragile
Real Love is Not~ The holiday season brings much that remains buried during the rest of the year to the surface. This is why we often observe or experience abnormal impatience, emotional instability, or outbursts, heightened anxiety, unrealistic personal expectations, and more! I’m sure that someone much smarter than I could expound on why this…
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WHY?
That requires so much work, so much energy, and so much time… why don’t you just stop? Quotes about difficult things being worthwhile often highlight effort, perseverance, and the value found in overcoming challenges. Theodore Roosevelt’s classic quote, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty,” is…
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Cracker Barrel
Oh Cracker Barrel… Once again, all around us, opinions, feelings, name-calling, assumptions, and all-out attacks are taking place. Just this morning, I popped open my phone to an article written in a newspaper about the changes made at Cracker Barrel, and the comments by supposed adults were more disturbing than anything I read in the…
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Very Real Nightmares
Why? Oh Why? Today’s blog article is on a bit of a different topic, but it’s an important subject that needs to be discussed. Repeatedly, in the past couple of weeks, this has come to my attention. We hear much talk in today’s world about trauma, PTSD, abuse, anxiety, therapy, and counseling. I dare say…
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CHEATED!
Ok – I said it. I’m painfully aware that as a believer, I’m not supposed to say that I’ve been cheated. With that awareness comes the knowledge that I deserve absolutely nothing and that every blessing of life is a gift from God. I use the words painfully aware, because my head knows these things…
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Happy Hellos
Loving Goodbyes The year was 1986 and I was sitting in the audience among a group of women while a widow in her 30s was speaking. I wish I could remember her name to give her credit for this – but while I don’t know all of the details of her story, I will never…
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Ignored Love Letters
What a Loss When was the last time you received a genuine love letter? Think about it. Some of us have treasured letters from the past stored away in trunks or boxes. Maybe we’ve saved expressions of love from those early dating years, many of us save cards and letters made by the hands of…
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LOVE
Unconditional? My heart wants to love like Jesus. Over the past few years in reflecting and studying the subject, my thoughts have led me to a conclusion. We hear the term “unconditional love” often when someone is speaking of God’s love for us, or the love we should have for one another. Unconditional love as…
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The Courage to Love
Seeks Not Her Own My heart has been wrestling with the concept of what Christlike love looks like in our families, friendships, acquaintances – all relationships – how does it play out in the circumstances of our everyday lives? With the popularity of social media memes today most of us have seen the ones that…
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We Said “I DO!”
But… Oh, the decisions I’m making today knowing that there are some who aren’t comfortable with this kind of transparency. Raw and real and painful and bold: it seems to be what is required of me and it is certainly what I’m finding many need from me. Honestly, I cannot help another if I’m too…
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My Favorite!
Nope, nope, nope Being one of those people who isn’t easily angered: unless there’s a pattern and I’ve caught on to your shenanigans; I’m very aware of questions or phrases that just make my blood boil. Let’s talk about that today, ok? (I know – why talk about what makes me mad? Well, maybe we…
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Grief: “You need to move on!”
Stop saying that, please! In talking about grief today I’m going to hit on one of the most unrealistic demands made by well meaning friends, family, pastors, and even counselors. While not pretending to be an authority on many things; I can tell you that I do know a little bit about this subject, about…
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The Pain of Betrayal
And the Challenge It’s been said that when someone betrays you, it says everything about their character; not yours! Betrayal is a word often used but maybe not so often deeply considered; and less often are the effects considered. Why is it so devestating? What are the different types of betrayal that people endure? Why…
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It’s Got to Go!
That old outdated piece… My heart is in a fragile place these days and I’m learning that healing from many of life’s ‘happenings’ happens in cycles. I’m not crazy about the cycles to be honest. Once I feel like I’ve healed to a point of no more tears; my emotions hit rock bottom and the tears flow uncontrollably. When…
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