Forgiveness….means you let go of his throat. -Papa, The Shack I was just waking up when the the memory of what I’d been told the night before came flooding back to me…several of my friends and my niece had all received a phone call warning them not to associate with …
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“I don’t know of any other pain in life that is worse than being betrayed by someone close to you. It changes everything.”(1) In the span of 9-10 months, I lost two of my closest friends…one to cancer and the other to betrayal. As I journeyed toward healing from the …
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“So, why shouldn’t we build walls?” The question hit me full in the gut…a genuine inquiry…but emotions came full force from my soul. So much force I struggled to control them as I answered. “The cost is greater than you realize,” I finally managed to say. I didn’t understand the …
“O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?” Psalm 13:1-2, NLT “O Lord, why do …
Back to Nate and Billy. Suppose when Nate finished telling Billy they could go get his dad to fix the bike, Nate’s sister Katie scolded Nate for saying their dad would fix the bike. “Nate,” she says, “You can’t talk to the president like that! He’s got lots of things …