Tag: introspection
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Battered but not Broken
Here I sit, drifting on a small boat in the middle of the sea. Nothing but water as far as the eye can see. How did I get here? Do I even know how to steer? Where is the destination and how do I get there? When I first set out, I wasn’t sure what…
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Graveyards and Gardens
Each day I take slow, calculated steps – with my arms outstretched on either side, breathing deeply, eyes fixed just ahead of me – putting one foot in front of the other. It feels like I am traversing a tightrope a thousand feet in the air. Some days I feel as though a strong breeze…
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Daily Bread
Give us this day our daily bread. A phrase that we often mindlessly rattle off, without truly sitting in it. Daily bread. A practical, biblical application of this is thinking about the Israelites wandering the desert. For them, the manna was quite literally their daily bread provided each morning, with an imminent expiration by day’s…
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Vulnerability
Vulnerability is one of the most difficult parts of the human experience. Exposing yourself is risky business. High stakes, potentially no reward. We all so desperately want to be known. In every relationship, we seek to be known by the other person. We constantly walk the line of exposing just enough of ourselves to be…
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I am a Child of the King
Who am I? This question drives just about every action we take, every decision we make, and ultimately, everything we do. We are born with an innate desire to belong. As an infant, the perfect picture of belonging is being cradled in your parent’s arms, fully embraced and cooed at as your eyes flutter shut…
Child of the King 