Today is my birthday! When we are young, we look forward to celebrating our special day with cupcakes, balloons, and friends. We make a wish for things that we hope will "come true" in the near future. I've noticed that some people feel less like celebrating as they get older. In fact, our culture reinforces this by using phrases such as "over the hill." We see ads for anti-aging creams and potions and are encouraged to reverse any sign of having lived. As I reflect on my past years of life, …
Do I Look Like Love?
Love. One of the most over used words in our vocabulary. I love this place. I love this song. I love that shirt. I love you. Those three little words that mean so much and yet so little. Love. We use it so often, about so many different things. But do we mean it? Or is it just a phrase we use like “cool”, or “wow”? Do I look like love? On a good day, maybe? On a bad day? Ahh- lets not go there. Recently we were invited by a friend to visit her church. We took her up on the offer and arrived …
When Love Hurts
Its easy to love a friend, a family member when they love you back. When they want you. When they want to hang out, when they want to share life with you. To walk arm in arm with you through whatever life throws at you. Who is there when life is rough and when life is great. But what about that family member or friend that doesn't want you? That doesn't love you? What about them? Last night my mom called her sister after finding out she was supposed to have surgery on …
How to Find Amazing Friends Who Help You Soar to New Heights
"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 The NLT says, "so a friend sharpens a friend" We all have friends who sharpen us in one way or another. But, have you ever stopped to ponder exactly what it is that you're being sharpened for? Are you being sharpened to use as a weapon that brings destruction and death? Or are you being sharpened as a life-giving soul ready to bring goodness, grace, and truth? On the surface, it's not always easy to tell. Most of us …
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