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Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself: Why God Restores Wounded People

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Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself

Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself:

Why God Restores Wounded People

Returning to God When You’re Tired of Feeling Broken

One of the cruelest things modern life has taught us is that people are problems to solve.

If something stops working, we replace it. If something becomes inconvenient, we upgrade it. If something struggles too much, takes too much time, hurts too much, or requires too much patience, we move on and look for something easier. And somewhere along the way, we started treating ourselves the same way. [Read more…] about Healing Instead of Fixing Yourself: Why God Restores Wounded People

Thankfulness as Worship: Rebuilding Faith at the Altar of Praise

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Thankfulness as Worship

Thankfulness as Worship:

Rebuilding Faith at the Altar of Praise

I have spent far too much of my life focused on what I do not have.

I notice what is missing faster than I notice what is present. I catalog what went wrong more easily than what went right. Even in prayer, I have often come to God with a running list of needs, frustrations, and disappointments, as if scarcity were the truest thing about my life.

It is not.  [Read more…] about Thankfulness as Worship: Rebuilding Faith at the Altar of Praise

Trying to Return to God: A Raw, Honest Confession

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Trying to Return to God

Trying to Return to God: A Raw, Honest Confession

I am not writing this because I figured something out.
I am writing this because I finally stopped pretending I was fine.

I believe in God. I always have. That part never broke. What broke was my ability to rest in Him. Somewhere along the way, belief stayed intact while refuge quietly slipped out the back door. This season of trying to return to God has forced me to admit something uncomfortable: I learned how to obey without trusting Him to be my safety. [Read more…] about Trying to Return to God: A Raw, Honest Confession