With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day. My wife was at work. I wondered whether I dared hide a full bottle of gin […]
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which […]
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ~ Hebrews 11:1 NIV How can things not meaning the same be defined so well in the same words? Faith is not Recovery, Recovery is […]
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An empty shell, abandoned. I walk away from my defenses, the fat that protected me, from regrets and shame paralyzing me, from resentment and blame that released me from culpability, from lies I carried and enhanced to keep the first […]
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Nose to a barrier, it looms, formidable. A slight, an embarrassment, a stumble can focus the eyes of the world, disapproving, scorning your ineptitude. With distance, though, the barrier shrinks, shows clearly how easily passed it is. When your nose […]
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