From the diet pills prescribed for a thirteen-year-old me through plus sizes, high school and college band uniforms requiring alteration, the fabric between my legs wearing out first, clothes bought in special stores, dieting for forty-eight years, gaining more than I […]
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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 »The Good Life
Passively waiting for “the good life” is past behavior. ~ Karen Casey, Each Day a New Beginning What is the unmanageable life we speak of when we say, “We admitted we were powerless over food — that our lives had […]
Continue reading »Credited as Righteousness
So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” (NIV) We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to […]
Continue reading »Excuse Us?
In the past, excusing ourselves of all responsibility prevented us from being blamed. We have learned that it also prevented us from feeling worthy, from fulfilling our potential, from feeling the excitement that comes with achievement. ~ Casey, Karen. Each […]
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