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If you ever hesitate to watch the news because you’re afraid it’ll give you (yet another reason) to consider giving up on God… When you’d best describe your relationship with God as “you aren’t on speaking terms,” and you’ve avoided your Bible at all costs, almost as a public declaration to the Lord Almighty himself that: YOU
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If I could write you a letter, I’d start by acknowledging the bitter cold truth that no matter the strength of the relationship built, the good intentions expressed or the pinky-promises exchanged, everyone has the capacity to let you down. Everyone! You can either be anchored in that reality or crippled by it. May you choose to love fearlessly anyway.
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This one’s worth tucking away for a rainy day… Because Lord knows, the rain will come! “The vows are serious. Staggeringly serious. But you did not take them trusting in your own strength to perform. The grace that enabled you to take those vows will be there to draw on when the performance of them
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I got to be honest. There are so many things I can’t say right now, so many feelings I can’t fully describe, and so many situations and people who I can’t expose. Even more, so many reasons why I find it absolutely. useless. to write. But at the chance that there is someone – anyone – who
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Hopeless. Discouraged. Too far out of God’s reach. Trapped. Bound in chains. No possible way out. You have screamed, you have cried, been let down and given up. You have begged for God’s deliverance, and pleaded with him to leave you alone in the same breath. …But will you notice? Peter was in the same
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At the exact moment you fear God is done listening to your pleas late into the night… you read verses like this: and you pee your pants. Luke 18:1-8 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a
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I enter stage right and take the platform. My heart is pounding, and my hands are clammy. All eyes are on me. As I fumble to adjust the microphone, my eyes lock with yours, and a deep sigh escapes me. “….How are we doing so far?” I look out at the audience who were all crazy enough
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I am an above average quitter. In my years, I have quit a variety of things, not limited to cheerleading, playing the flute, couponing, and subscribing to Netflix. 4 times! I have also quit Jillian Michael’s Level 2 more than I’d like to publicly admit, and am known to quit checking my voice mails once the number gets
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It started around 9am, Just long enough for me to sit down with my cup of coffee and take a deep breath in the name of starting (yet another) day. … And then it began. Construction. Those of you who know me, know that I am truly one of the most chill human beings. Like chill to
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I am an avid runner. I run with vigor and can run long distances effortlessly. I have been running for so long, that instinctively, I lace up my shoes and hit the pavement whenever life becomes too much. Some run marathons, others run for leisure, I however, am much more skilled in running from God.
Krista Ortiz 