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Life after Shame
It feels absolutely odd to feel good without shame To eat the burger To spend the money To skip the meeting and kiss the guy No overthinking No after shame I just don’t know what to do with myself now Continue reading
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Ordinary Divine
Ordinary days unextraordinary work I sit I live I breathe I wait the pull of shame is strong a culture tells me that standing still will waste my life but You Jesus You were hidden for 30 years You called Shepherds Prisoners ordinary men and women to sit wait hide and without them knowing what Continue reading
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Mindfulness when Struggling with Sin
For most of my life, my response to my own sin was to cry my eyes out, plead with God for forgiveness, and feel badly for days after the act. I do not think crying is an inappropriate response if your heart is truly breaking. We do not need to plead with God if we Continue reading
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The Woman who Bled
Mark 5 The Woman healed by Jesus from 12 years of bleeding v. 33 The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. This woman had learned to fear. No doubt, she had been bombarded with punishment and shame by Continue reading
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Bree’s Identity
I have been rereading The Chronicles of Narnia and just finished The Horse and his Boy. One of the characters’ story particularly connected to my heart this time around. Bree is a horse from Narnia who grew up as a war horse in foreign lands. Bree knows he is a free horse and he knows 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 