Author: akhouse3602
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Be My Shield
Can you think of a time where you wanted to be hidden? When adversity, fear, and pain pushed you to a place where you just wanted to hide, get away, not be seen? Continuous abuse from those who claim to love you will keep you in a state of chronic fight, flight or freeze. Adverse…
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Hope In the Hurt
If there’s one thing that we can be sure of in this life, it is that there will be trouble, there will be suffering, there will be pain, and the differentiator between those who succumb to the depths of despair and those who continue forward even in the midst of tragedy and unimaginable pain is…
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Don’t Lose Hope
In abusive relationships, hope can be in short supply. I remember hoping and praying for real change. Promises made and broken over and over again led to feeling lost, alone and hopeless. One of the hardest lessons I learned is that I can’t help another person, if they have no desire to make positive changes…
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Fix My Eyes
During my darkest of dark days, because of the promises of my savior Jesus Christ, I have hope. This is not easy and in fact, is supernatural. As I cling to the hope of what is unseen, I am shining the light of the love of God to those around me. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “Therefore…
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One Abba
As the decades have gone on, the amount of children without father’s present in their life has increased. Based on the 2018 U.S. Census Bureau, out of 11 million single parent households, 80% of them are fatherless, breaking down to 1 in every 4 children or 18.3 million children live without a father in the…
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Slowing Down
As a survivor of domestic violence, it has taken a while to unlearn the guilt I would feel if I would do something for myself. The conditioning that takes place between abuser and victim is used to control. To force the victim to deny her or his own needs or face the consequences. Psalm 37:7“Be…
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One Minute At a Time
I am a working single mom with an 8 and 6 year old at home. It always feels like once November hits, the fast forward button is hit and the rush to be everything and do everything increases 10 fold. But it doesn’t have to. Finding the time to be still is essential for your…
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When Hallelujah Is Hard
The questions without answers. Why is this happening? Why is God allowing this trauma to happen to me? Why did God take my son, why didn’t he intervene and stop him from killing himself? The why questions could go on and on, just like a 3 year old, we want to know all the answers…
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The Empty Chair
This poem is dedicated to my son, Aiden William Carter. The holidays before your death, were filled with love and joy. From infancy to teenage years, you were such a lively boy. You’d crack a joke, say something silly and we would all be rolling, And who can forget that time you wrote in permanent…
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Calm In The Storm
Mark 4: 37-41 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” 39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet!…
Heart Wide Open 