Tag: christianity
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Some Nights
Hi readers! Every so often, I will listen to or come across an old secular song that I used to listen to before I surrendered my whole life to Jesus Christ. When this happens, I pause and look at where I am now compared to who I used to be. It brings me comfort to…
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From Dust to Life: God’s Gifts and Human Choices
The same air that comes from Sub-Saharan Africa is the same air that the Texas cowboy breathes. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, goes through the Gulf of Mexico, and up through Texas. God breathed life into Adam and formed him from dust. The same weather system that pushes through all of America, wetting the landscape,…
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The Meaning of Advocate in Job: A Biblical Perspective
As I searched the scriptures for answers to my suffering, I returned to the book of Job. During my hospital stays in 2021, a hospital chaplain came to visit me. She found me during a time that I cried out to the Lord for help. No one could give me answers, but her presence was…
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Dancing Through Chronic Illness
About a year ago, I got a herniated disc. And in March, it will be 5 years of being chronically ill.A couple of weeks ago, I got so frustrated because I missed dancing so much! So, I danced just a little bit, moved slowly, and it worked. I didn’t get a flare-up like I usually…
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Life is Not Neatly Divided
Life is not so neatly divided, like this image portays and it’s not always Satan doing it. Most of the time, it’s people doing it to others or to themselves. People like to use Satan as an excuse for their own actions. If we look at Job or when Jesus is in the wilderness as…
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Finding Wisdom in Suffering
There is suffering, affliction, and trials in this world. But where does it all come from in this fallen, broken world we live in? Even Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, suffered without food and water in the wilderness for 40 days and suffered on the cross. James 1:2-8 NIV[2] Consider it pure joy, my…
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From Illness to Inspiration: Creating The Glowing Madonna
She is called “The Glowing Madonna” because if you don’t know Madonna in Italian is for the Virgin Mary or “my lady.”This art piece was created in 2022 around the beginning of my journey of surrendering my full life to Christ. For some months in 2022, my chronic illness got so bad that I could…
Dear God, I Have Questions 