Tag: god
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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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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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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!…
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Love Is?
Have you ever heard the phrase, “every human has a God-sized hole in their heart?” As created beings, our creator desires to love us, be with us, help us, heal us. For those of you that have children, this is easy to understand thinking of being a parent and how we want to love and…
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What is Lovely
Our thoughts dictate our feelings and let’s be honest, our thought life is often not very nice. I tell my children all the time that the only thing they can control is their own thoughts, choices and behaviors. That can be a tough one when living with an abuser because often the abuser will manipulate…
Heart Wide Open 