Tag: Healing
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Peace in the Storm: Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
Before you settle in, I want to invite you into a small ritual, one that warms the body and steadies the heart. Make yourself a cup of hot tea. If it’s morning or afternoon, I personally recommend Rooibos Red Tea with a splash of pomegranate and raspberry. It’s bright, soothing, and full of quiet strength.…
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The Isolated Are Devoured
Why We Cannot Survive Without Family, Community, or the Body of Christ. There comes a moment in every life when the weight becomes too heavy, the silence too loud, and the loneliness too sharp to ignore. A moment when even the strongest among us feel the ground give way beneath our feet. It is in…
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🔔 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: When Hate Mocks the Song
“And in despair I bowed my head: ‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said, ‘For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men.’” There comes a moment in every person’s life when the weight of the world finally breaks through the outer shell we’ve tried so hard…
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🌾 The Grace of Ordinary Days: Finding Gratitude in the Weight and Wonder of Life’s Storms
This past year has taught me more about thankfulness than perhaps any other season of my life. Not the easy kind of gratitude — the one that flows naturally when everything’s going right — but the kind that aches in your chest and trembles through your prayers. The kind that whispers, “Thank You, God,” even…
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🔔 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day — The Sound of a Nation Divided
“I heard the bells on Christmas day, Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow There’s something haunting about those words — written in a time when the world had grown weary of bloodshed. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned them amid…
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Life or Death: The Choice That Defines You
Let’s be honest — the world’s loud right now. It screams at you from every direction: “Do what makes you happy.” “Live your truth.” “There is no right or wrong.” But what if I told you that “your truth” could be the very thing leading you to destruction? Sin doesn’t show up in chains —…
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Weapons of the Spirit: Finding Freedom from Darkness
There are battles that reason can’t win. Wars that no amount of willpower can conquer. When the enemy sinks his claws into a life through addiction, trauma, or witchcraft, you can’t talk your way out of it — you have to pray your way through it. You have to fight with spiritual weapons, because flesh…
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Comfort Foods That Heal: Nourishing Body, Mind & Soul
Life in the city can be chaotic. Between work, responsibilities, and the stressors that weigh us down, it’s easy to forget the simple comfort that food can bring. For me, there’s something deeply soothing about a bowl of hot, nourishing food on an anxious tummy—it not only fills the body but quiets the mind. But…
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Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle While Still Enjoying Comfort Foods in the City
Over the last several years, my health has been slightly subpar due to tremendous amounts of stress—stress from work, everyday responsibilities, and most importantly, the heavy role of being a caregiver for my husband. That season took its toll on my body and mind in ways I could never have anticipated. By the time I…
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The Power of Choices: Part Three
“I Forgive You.” Three simple words. Yet when spoken from the heart, they carry a divine weight far heavier than the stones others are eager to cast. Recently, I found myself in a deeply unsettling storm within the Christian Contemporary Music world. A well-known artist—whose name I will not mention out of respect for all…
Country Girl Gone City 