Is It Really That Simple To “Just Forgive”?

I feel it rise…like a tide overwhelming.  Words said, by others.  Contradictions. False pretenses.  Untruth.  Deception. Offense within. Rising like a wave to crush. Down deep.  Stirring.  Gripping. Shaking.  Pain.  Anger. Everything prior settled.  Still.  Peaceful.  Yet, pride ever seeking to bubble out….from past hurts. Broken People. Digging up this graveyard long burried. Tempting us….to grab […]

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Thankful for Offense…..And Other Relative Issues.

We have been going along fine. One year after hosting a small group.  Something God told my husband to do…..a decade ago. But, I refused. Until, one night….I see an image of people filling our living room…..in a dream.  And I heard a voice from heaven say….. “Many will come in.  And many will go out […]

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Words: The Naked Truth

Like a child today.  Defenses stripped away. Whirlwind of  tasks…chores…stores…Preparing for another party. More….people through the threshold of our home. And I knew. Defenses were down. Body holding on from the battle it’s been through. Attacked again…from nuts.  An allergy.  Just learning about.  Suffering through… And I hear them. Like salt inflaming a wound long healed.  […]

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