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I am the Desert. Jesus is the Water.
Rejection is something that scares us all. We all want to be accepted, loved, cared for, and known. We crave these things, and search for them so desperately throughout the world, but nothing ever seems to suffice. We think that… Continue reading
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Love Like Jesus
Loving the way Jesus loves is something that we are taught from the beginning of our journey with Christ. It is something that is imprinted on our hearts and we spend our entire lives trying to do, but heavily struggle… Continue reading
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Trust God & Lead In Love
Today in church our pastor spoke about Jospeh… now Joseph is a character we all often forget about when it comes to the story of Jesus. We know he was a carpenter, he was Mary’s husband, and knocked on a… Continue reading
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Set Apart, Not Aside
To be set aside is once if the worse feelings in human nature. To be set aside is like saying you are not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, strong enough, or even just enough. It’s lonely, painful and nothing… Continue reading
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Forgiven
“When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a… Continue reading
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Little Faith, Much Distraction
Who else is so fearful of the unknown and afraid of doing the wrong thing? I for sure am. The fear often stops me from living life fully and living how God calls me to live. I pray and pray… Continue reading
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What Will Heaven Be Like
This past Sunday in church my pastor (Jim) talked about heaven and what heaven will be like. He said there is no temple in heaven because The Lord and The Lamb are its temple. (Revelation 21:22-27) Jim said heaven is… Continue reading
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Waves of Loneliness
Loneliness is something that I have struggled to face all my life. It is something that I faced as a child, all throughout middle school, all throughout high school, and all throughout college. Loneliness has become an old friend of… Continue reading
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Live Happily Inked
The whole reason I started Live Happily Inked was based on one realization… that the world could use a lot more color, love, and kindness Nothing brings me more joy than creating things and spreading kindness to others. So much… Continue reading
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Wood and Nail
What do you see when you look at the cross? Do you just see a symbol? Do you picture Jesus? Are you reminded of that the cross is all about? Maybe a mix of all three depending on the day?… Continue reading