Mark
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Overcome
One of my favorite experiences when rereading the Bible, is discovering new truths and insights in stories you’ve read and heard a million times. Mark 6:14-20, we see Jesus perform a miracle by casting demons out of a boy. Jesus looks to two different types of people to have faith. We have the disciples, who Continue reading
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Lead Me to the Cross
Mark 15:38-39 There are so many posts about how we should always remember the cross. If I were being honest, I would say I sometimes get tired of reading about it, but that attitude in itself shows that I need to center my attention on the cross more than ever. In this passage, when a Continue reading
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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
Mark 14:27-31 We all know the story of Peter’s denial of Christ. Peter is famously known for acting without thinking and in that sense, he did some very courageous, faithful things, but his pride, his absolute conviction that he was perfectly faithful was his downfall often. In this passage, he tells Jesus that he would Continue reading
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Jesus is Present
Bear with me in this post. I wrote it in the midst of waiting in line for hours upon hours at Disneyland. I am not sure if my thought process was 100% clear, but God reveals things to us through all situations whether we are tired or not. ;) Mark 14:6-8 6 “Leave her alone,” said Continue reading
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Don’t Listen to Them
Mark 8:31-33 (passage will be at the bottom of the page) Jesus Predicts His Death This passage, is one we all must apply to our own lives. God will call us to do things sometimes that make very little sense. For me, I graduated with a degree in conservation biology. I volunteered at the Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
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