How do you build a friendship? By spending time together. And if the friend is omniscient, ubiquitous, supreme… if you came to believe this companion could restore you to sanity, could bring you peace and satisfaction beyond your dreams, could […]
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Free Passes not Available for the Asking
Spirituality is not measured by who you are, but by how you live. Sinning, and then asking God to forgive your sins, conveys an attitude of self-importance—that because you have reached out to God, you earn a “free pass.” ~ Dean, […]
Continue reading »Beyond Shame to Celebration
But we are expected to take our experiences and grow with them, to move beyond the shame of them, to celebrate what they have taught us. ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning Moving beyond shame in the midst […]
Continue reading »That Power Which Is God
Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. ~ Galaians […]
Continue reading »Thank God!
Thanking God every day is as necessary for me as breathing. ~ OvereatersAnonymous. For Today (Kindle Locations 784-785). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Months ago I asked an app to remind me on getting up to tell God, “Good morning!” Since the first […]
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