My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9

take time to be with the people you love

We search for sacred spaces, spiritual experiences, and truths. But the holiest places are often found where we spend time with people we love.

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Many things in life test us, strain us, deplete us, and sometimes leave us without hope. Yes, there is a place in us where the ground is sacred and holy. That place in us is called faith.

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We give of ourselves, our resources, our love.
We give of our time and our smiles and our joy in those places and with those people that feel right to ius.
We don’t worry about what we’re going to get back while we’re giving.

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Just as we strive to protect and conserve earths energy resources, we can strive to protect and conserve our own. Become more aware of the impact of things, people, and activities on you and your energy.

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Sometimes people do things that hurt us. People may have let us down, not protected us. People may have deceived us.
We live in a world with people who have a lot of issues.
We live in a world that moves fast and isn’t always kind, just or fair,
If we haven’t dealt with past betrayals, if we haven’t cleansed and healed those breaks lines on the heart, we won’t be able to deal with the betrayals going on right now.

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We can trust ourselves. We know what we need, we know what we long for – we long to be free.

We became controlled by believing others knew better than we did what was best for us. We were afraid to take responsibility for our choices, so we gave up our power.

Now it’s time to step out, leave our prison of fear. We can take responsibility for our lives.

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Stillness. Faith. Gentleness. Kindness. Compassion. Joy. Forgiveness. Comfort. Vulnerability. Honesty. Courage. And love.
Now we are talking about power.

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True freedom comes when we …start serving.

Emery Hershberger, beside the still waters, vol. 26:6

Recognize the guilt and anxiety of resistance as just that: resistance. Then let yourself go on your journey of love without spoiling it with guilt.

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