Tag: overcoming
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A STORY OF PERCEPTION AND DOUBT
by Faith Living
At a random moment in May, my mind twirled itself into a knot about God. My expanding understanding of Father’s presence within me had somehow “humanized” Him. After all, if He is actually part of me and not living separate from me, then how does He remain divine? How is He still omnipotent? …
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ITS HARD TO BE REJECTED
by Faith Living
It’s hard to be rejected. It’s probably one of the cruelest things we do to each other. And Christianity has embraced Rejection just as much as the rest of the world. They even call it a godly tool and have classes to show us how to reject someone “lovingly”.In a world where children…
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THE SILENT AND UNQUESTIONING
by Faith Living
Today I was reminded how so many good church-goers have embraced silence. They label questioning seekers as troublemakers and find great comfort in the status quo. It’s called unity. But that unity is a prison of hypocrisy where the mind and heart are silenced without free expression. And a smiling mask is worn…
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GOING DOWN INTO HELL
by Faith Living
It’s a scary thing to watch someone go headlong down into the pit of hell. You probably know that place as well as I do. And it’s not been so long ago since I was there. The last time I went, I shrunk to the floor in a heap. Tears were coming in…
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KEY TO “NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN”
by Faith Living
When Hunny and I started off on a mini-vacation with our little motorhome, and things began breaking, I remembered Father’s words to me a couple months ago. “Nothing missing, nothing broken”. It spoke to me of wholeness and completeness and the effect of His presence. But did He mean more than the completeness…
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ECLIPSE OF THE SON?
by Faith Living
I’ve seen the eclipse of the Son, and no, I didn’t mean to say the sun. Although, I saw that one too and it was certainly a good physical example of a common spiritual circumstance. I sat and watched as the sun was slowly obliterated by the intrusion of the moon and it reminded…
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SABBATICAL FROM THE BATTLE
by Faith Living
I had a dream about the aftermath of my battle with religion. I was in an abandoned section of the house where I live. It was like an attached apartment. In the kitchen was a lot of canned and packaged food sitting on a big table inside the oversized pantry. A visitor came…
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SHOULD WE ACCEPT TRAUMA AS NATURAL?
by Faith Living
Have you ever noticed the wide field of trauma we experience and accept as a natural course of life? Father told me some time ago to pay attention to it and keep it out of my realm where I have control and then ask Him to keep it out where I don’t have control. …
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HOPE AND FEAR, or “DO IT AFRAID”
by Faith Living
On the way home from work one night, I had an intense encounter with hope and fear. This trial and testing had begun with a horrible sound around my back right tire just as I was getting to work. Nervously, I asked one of the guys to take a look but he saw nothing…
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GOD WEARS A PLAID SHIRT
by Faith Living
Hunny had a dream in which God wore a plaid shirt and looked like Andy Griffith. It was an oddball answer to a couple days of illness. And I want to share it with you because I enjoy the way Father performs uniquely in our life. Tremendous pain coaxed him to call me home…