How to be Patient when You’re Not

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We’ve all been there. We’ve sat at the obnoxiously long red light. Is it broken?!  We’ve yelled with our inside voice (maybe our outside one), Come! On! We play with the radio, maybe check our phone (even if we aren’t supposed to), and we can feel our blood pressure rise. Sitting still is not one of our strengths. We love …

Permission to Set Boundaries

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For every strength there is a weakness. I used to take pride in my ability to empathize with people. I was thankful for my compassionate heart–and maybe even prideful that I enjoyed taking care of people. Isn’t that what Jesus did? Shouldn’t everybody? It was my first year working on  staff at a church, and I loved every minute of …

Dealing with Difficult People {Help!}

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We all have them in our lives, those people we would rather not be near. No matter how hard we try to be peaceful, they push our buttons. They’re angry, selfish, antagonizing, maybe manipulating. Maybe all of those things. We try avoiding them. But it’s impossible when you work or live with them. So, what do we do? How do …

Spiritual Warfare Weapons [7 Scriptures]

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Can you see her? [in the spirit world] Freckles sprinkled across her nose, two braids loosely woven messy. Her helmet too big And sword covered in fingerprints. A tattered tutu. A hole in her tights. But this ballerina is a warrior. The enemy slithers to her side hissing his favorite slander…. “God does not love you.” And then he sits …

The Best Goal for 2018

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She always had good intentions. She loved to make lists, and it’s proven that goals drive us to success, or at least they give us  reason to try, so she’d pull out paper and pen and ink six resolutions for the new year. Funny thing was, they often were the same as the year before. Eat better. Exercise more. Spend …