New testament
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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
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Acts 14:8-10 8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began Continue reading
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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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Hope Again
Acts 14:8-10 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began Continue reading
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Perfume
Something struck me in Des’s sermon on the unexpected guest. He mentioned that the perfume the sinful woman used on Jesus’ feet was a tool of her trade (most likely in her prostitution). Yet, she was giving it to Jesus, asking Him to not only to redeem it, but to use it as an anointing. 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 