Category: Faith
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Putting Others Before Ourselves
In 2 Chronicles God asks Solomon what He should give him. Solomon says “…grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people…” God gives Solomon what he asked for, but He acknowledges that Solomon could have asked for much more. God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest…
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Sheep of Jesus
I was watching a video where a woman was talking about following our callings, and she recited John 10:27: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” I instantly got emotional. For 3 years I’ve heard the message “wait.” I don’t know why, and I…
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Loyalty is Rewarded
I was reading through 2 Samuel and noticed a name I had never paid much attention to: Ittai. Don’t recognize the name either? Let’s talk about who he was. Ittai was from Gath, a Philistine city. Another Philistine you’d recognize from the Bible is Goliath, the giant David killed with…
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Don’t Forget
We are forgetful beings. We forget loved one’s birthdays, where we put our keys, even memories go hazy around the edges, details lost to time. And sometimes we don’t even remember we forgot. That might sound weird, but its likely someone will eventually mention the birthday party you missed and…
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Focusing on God
I never like to go in more than one direction. I like to have a focus, something that is grounding me. If I’m applying to a job, I like to apply to one, see if I get it, and then move on from there. If I’m looking for an apartment,…
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Let it Shine
One of my favorite things I bought in Italy is a Venetian glass necklace. Venice is known for their blown glass, and one of the places we went was a glass blowing company. It’s a small, teardrop shaped piece of glass that reflects light in yellows, blues, purples, and oranges.…
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Are You as Connected to God as He is to You?
I’ve heard the verse a hundred times, but this time it hit different. I really thought about the meaning of the verse, and it impacted me in a whole new way. In Luke 12 :7, Jesus says “Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted…” I had never really…
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Our Place in God’s Plan
“The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.” Genesis 2:19 This detail is such a beautiful…
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Sitting with the Grieving
Words are hard to form in the face of grief. Well-meaning people say things that are less than helpful to those having a difficult time. We have a tendency to want to fix other people’s problems, including their grief. We say things like “well, at least…” “everything happens for a…
Always Emily 