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Battle-Born
“Esther 4:14-Perhaps you were born for such a time as this.” “Thank You for choosing McDonald’s can I take your order please?” “One second. Danny what do you want? Ok, I’ll take a Cheeseburger Bundle meal with no ketchup on the burgers, make the nuggets fresh, a large French Vanilla Ice Coffee with extra French…
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5 Years Saved & 5 Years Sober
The testimony you are about to read is lengthy; so, sit back, grab a tissue, a snack, blanket and a pillow. This testimony is 100% true and may be a trigger warning for some. If you are easily offended or easily pushed into episodes of mental health, discretion is advised. My journey into the dark…
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The Seed & The Prodigal
As the year 2021 began to come to a close with the last 24 hours of ticking down; I found myself sitting in my recliner, close to my son, with my airpods in listening to Casting Crowns-In the Hands of the Potter, with tear filled eyes, and waves of sorrow flowing down my cheeks. I…
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Letting Go
In this life the hardest thing that we will ever have to let go of is the flesh within ourselves. This includes all of our fleshly desires, thoughts, ambitions and goals, and everything we think our lives should be and look like. Letting go doesn’t always mean the end of us, it means a new…
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The Purpose for My Pain
“Psalms 143:8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” A trouble childhood doesn’t have to dictate our future. A troubled past doesn’t have to dictate our steps. Sometimes the life…
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Forgive Yourself – Transition Part 1
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve wrote. While I love writing, I cannot write if he doesn’t give me something. I don’t want anything to be out of myself, but I wish for everything to be beneficial for the Kingdom of Christ. Jesus has begun my transition, and I believe that he wants to…
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Transitioning and Metamorphosis
Often and at some point, almost everyone experiences a point where we wish we could turn back the hands of time, and either slow the clock down, or stop it, in order to change the cycle of events that have taken place in our lives. We do this because, if we would have known outcome…
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The Hurt and the Healer
I often like to reflect upon the Lord before beginning to write. I want to write about the things he lays upon my heart, in the context he would have me to write. Whether, its brutal honestly, dramatic, traumatic, sadness, or joyful experiences, I pray he leads in all my writings. I know if God…
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Shattered Innocence
The night was dark, and we were in bed for school the next day. Why I awoke I’ll never know why. This is the beginning of my shattered innocence. (Trigger warning, some descriptions may be heavy for the human heart to hold). 6 years old, and still a baby, sharing a bedroom with my big…
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The Stillness; The Pain; The Promises
God has really been using songs to speak to my weary heart lately. Tonight before bed, while drowning out my brokenness, “Stillness, by Lion & Bear came on.. Read along with the lyrics, and listen to it on your time if you will.. “Another day, I woke up with feelings, I don’t recall. I try…