Matthew
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Laid Before You
“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” – Tolkien This sounds awfully like the Bible, does it not? Do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Matthew Continue reading
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Suffering
Matthew 16:21-27 Jesus Predicts His Death How do you respond to suffering? I know how I do, and it is very similar to Peter in this passage. Peter responded to Jesus sharing that He “would suffer many things” and “be killed”, with “Never Lord! This shall never happen to you!” I pretty much say the Continue reading
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Faith is Rewarded
Matthew 25:14-30 I was truly convicted this morning by this passage as I prayed. A businessman gives three different men, three different amounts of money. Two of them return to him having doubled their money and are counted faithful. The third feared him and fearfully buried the money, doing nothing to increase it and he Continue reading
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“Let your light shine.” I have heard this phrase ALL my life, especially in my favorite children’s song. Yet it’s meaning has expanded for me. Sometimes in certain circumstances, I spend the entire time feeling less than, uncomfortable in my skin, ugly, unworthy, etc. I do my best to fight against those lies with God’s 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.
Joyful Ruins 