It’s not just OK to be spiritually healthy, but you also need to be emotionally, mentally, and physically healthy as well. The whole system works together. “The Care We Give Ourselves,” by Jessica Brodie.
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We know our minds are supposed to be set on the eternal, that we shouldn’t worry about the treasures of earth but rather store treasures for heaven. But what happens when a few wants trigger a rush of desires, a tidal wave of discontentment, and suddenly we want everything?
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Sometimes situations do spiral out of control, or at least far beyond our control. And sometimes, left unattended, these problems grow so quickly, like trees and vines and leaves and grass overtaking an abandoned house somewhere in the South Carolina forest. Yet God is the ultimate author of redemption. My blog, “Nature Finds a Way, but God is Still in Charge.”
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Please, God. Heal, save, protect, I whispered in my soul. And yet from somewhere, a little seed of doubt crept in. Would He? On surrendering to belief.
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One bad step landed me up to my neck in a creek that appeared super shallow. But sometimes appearances are deceiving. On looking to God when life gets shaky.
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The love we build during these earthly lives carries on forever for those of us who believe in Jesus. But oh, how it hurts when we lose someone we love.
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While I still value that priority list—God first, others second, self last—I’ve come to understand that perhaps the self isn’t actually meant to be last at all. God didn’t actually say put ourselves last. God said to love your neighbor AS yourself. You matter, too.
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Ever see a rubber duck on someone’s jeep and wonder why? That’s the #DuckDuckJeep movement, spreading kindness and love one tiny rubber duckie at a time. And to me, I see Jesus at work in the midst. A blog by Jessica Brodie.
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Why are so many people getting the message that Christianity is all about being judgmental? Is it because we talk less about love and more about the wrongs of culture and society?
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