Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson My biggest impediment usually is me. I get in the way with fears, with plans, with grand schemes of my own, […]
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Moses could have said, “No, this is too weird.” ~ Jo Cox Imagine following an errant sheep up a mountain, pausing at a burning bush not being consumed. Some voice speaks, “Take off your shoes, this dirt’s holy.” Then he […]
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I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 13 Ruthlessly – without pity, lacking compassion. Merciless, cruel, heartless. The word works well for someone I scorn, for […]
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There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; […]
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I’ve changed. Believe me. Forget the times I betrayed you, belittled you, undercut you. Trust me, I’ve changed. Why won’t you believe me? What can I say to convince you? You’ve got every right not to believe. What you think […]
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