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Are You Staggering?
Sometimes life isn’t all roses. We struggle to make sense of things. We are afflicted – by self and by people and by circumstances outside of ourselves. We don’t always (ever?) understand why God...
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The Longest Time Out Ever
Once upon a time, Israel disobeyed God year after year after year. Like a patient parent, He warned them time and time again, “Please don’t do this. Choose to obey.” He took the time to explain to them...
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Why Does God Discipline Us?
In my post The Longest Time Out Ever, I let Jeremiah show us how God exercised His right to severely discipline the Israelites. Jeremiah makes a good case as to God being just in disciplining. He is...
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How to Develop Self-Discipline (From the Valedictorian of I Don’t Want To)
Self-discipline has always been my forte. (They say you should open with a joke.) Actually, I am as self-disciplined as a newborn. And we all know how ridiculous they are… cute, but entirely...
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Developing Self-Discipline One Frame at a Time
On the heels of my last post, there are some things I feel like I can’t choose to do. I just can’t seem to will myself, to discipline myself, to do and/or not do various things. And all you optimists...
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How to Grow Spiritually
Most mornings I read Oswald Chambers‘ daily devotional, My Utmost for His Highest. If you’re not familiar with him, Oswald is like a Christian superhero, right under C.S. Lewis, but well above Larry...
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No, God isn’t on Your Side (At Least not Unequivocally)
There are mostly two kinds of people in this world: the kind that think God is always for them and the kind that think God is always against them. I’ve met very few inbetweeners. But the thing is it’s...
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How to Become Wise and Make Those Around You Wiser
I’m reading through Proverbs right now (not right now, but you know what I’m saying), in which Solomon writes ad nauseum about wisdom. I guess that makes sense since that was his forte, but still, he...
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As in preparation Kelly. What did you think I meant? Anywho, it seems God is teaching me about three different things right now in an effort to “prepare” me for something terrifying and difficult that...
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A Little Change of Perspective Goes a Long Way
Image via Wikipedia Hi, my name is Kelly, and I am a rebel. I’m sure this is true of all people to some degree or another, but I feel particularly prone to resist authority. I blame my older brother....
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