A 28 dress size, the scales pushing three hundred, the numbers keep climbing…not just the real ones but the ones on the chart that swear if I eat this much, if I get that much exercise, then the numbers will […]
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Faith
What is faith? The dictionary says, “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” The Bible says “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The Second Step says, “came to believe a […]
Continue reading »Giving Up
…it is not enough to want to be rid of the unpleasant side effects of my illness. I need to be willing to give up that which attracts me in the first place: the gratification, sedation or whatever other payoff […]
Continue reading »Doing Good
All of us want to do well, but if we don’t do good, too, then doing well will never be enough. ~ Anna Quindlen Doing well: doing satisfactorily, nicely, correctly, properly, fittingly, suitably, appropriately. Doing good: that which is morally right; righteousness, virtue, […]
Continue reading »Of Myself I Am Nothing
Now if, as we seek the real truth about justification, we find we are as much sinners as the Gentiles, does that mean that Christ makes us sinners? Of course not! But if I attempt to build again the whole […]
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