Category: Reflection
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From Bottled Emotions to Healthy Expression
Sitting With My Feelings I often sit with my feelings and allow them to run their course instead of trying to ignore or suppress them. During that time, I try to peel back the layers of what I’m feeling to understand the root of it. I make an effort to separate what is actually true…
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Culture Isn’t Gospel, and Neither Are Your Insecurities
If you’ve struggled with insecurity, comparison, or finding your voice, this empowering reminder will help you embrace who you are and live boldly on purpose.
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Vision Dies When Everyone Gets A Vote
The Weight of Too Many Voices There’s an old fable about an old man, his son, and a donkey who set out for the market one day. As they walked along the street, annoyed neighbors criticized them for not using the donkey appropriately. “What is the use of a donkey if not to ride it?”…
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The Doll I Never Played With
The Gift That Changed Everything I’ve probably told this story a million times already- but you get to hear it for the million-and-one time. When I was a little girl, I wanted a doll for Christmas. It was probably one of those dolls that sang or lit up when you pressed a button, but if…
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When Victims Become Villains
STORY TIME Sandra, a mother of five, began her life with hope; the kind of hope that feels solid and sure. The father of her children proposed, promising forever. He was hardworking, loving, and kind; everything she had ever wanted in a man. Life felt aligned. Like it was finally making sense. Then he got…
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When Your Mindset Doesn’t Match Your Miracle
Story Time Toni grew up in a very poor family. They struggled to make ends meet. Being homeless was not foreign to him. At every stage of life, he learned to master being content with the little he had.One day, a distant relative who lived in the city paid the family a visit. After noticing…
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Live
I walked to the teachers’ lounge on my hall today to warm my lunch and while waiting to remove my lunch from the microwave, I stood staring out the window. Today is a wet, overcast, and bleak day; it’s the perfect weather to sleep in. At this moment I would give anything to lie wrapped…
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Church Hurt
Some of the world’s most callous and ruthless people are ‘church people’. They are quick to criticize, judge and mistreat you if for some reason they think you do not ‘measure up’ to the standards God and even they created. These are sentiments expressed by many when conversations about Christianity and being a Christian come…
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His Mind- My Business
Were you able to take a look at Tyler Perry’s new studio? His achievement was buzzing in the media late last year as he built one of the largest film studios in the USA which covers a whopping 330 acres of land. This is more than 6 times the size of Disney studios and 3…
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New Age Relationships
WHAT ARE ‘SITUATIONSHIPS? How many of you have ever heard the term ‘situationship’ before? Well, based on my understanding and experience with being in that position in the past, I can conclude that this is a case where one or both parties want the benefits of being in a committed relationship without having to attach…