Like a plant requires water and sunlight to thrive and grow, our animals need food, adequate sleep, adequate play, and plenty of petting in order to thrive. It’s the same way with our relationships with other people—and with God.
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When someone we love loses someone they love, it’s hard to know exactly how to be there for them. Mourning has a language all its own. Thoughts on how to love well during a season of loss.
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Validation is when we understand and accept someone else’s feelings as real, worthy, and of value. The opposite is invalidation, when we dismiss, reject, or judge those feelings as unimportant and without value. My blog on how validating can be a powerful way to show love.
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It took me far too long into my adult years to figure out all this social orchestration and misfit angst was nonsense, and as a child of God, I only needed to worry about pleasing God. That’s where I sit today, finally liberated from my shackles of worry, self-doubt and pain. A blog on identity in Christ.
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If you’re in a place where you feel over your head or lost, whether that’s loneliness or being overburdened, overworked, or overwhelmed, take heart. God is our solid ground. Our house is not built on sand but on a foundation of rock, sturdy and reliable.
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Whether you’re in a roller coaster season or a quiet one, remember that even those times we don’t feel God around us, God is still there. Beckoning. Drawing us closer and closer. He’s the harness on that roller coaster ride, and the guiding hand upon the light breeze, all in one.
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Do you love someone with anxiety? Or do you have anxiety and sometimes find it hard to connect with loved ones in a meaningful way that feeds your soul or theirs? This month, I offer five ways to love someone with anxiety. Many of these tips are rooted in scripture, for God created us, and God knows all about what it means to face our fears and strive to live well in the midst of our roiling, tumultuous emotions, thoughts, and responses.
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Jesus tells us to consider our own sin before judging someone else. We don’t have the all-knowing and all-seeing perspective God does. Just like we can look at a situation and see one truth, our neighbor might look at the same thing and see something else—but God sees the full reality, the full truth. We never know what someone is going through. A reflection on perspective.
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I’m a cat person. So what in the world am I doing with a brand-new puppy?
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