(the parenthetical life)

Category: faith

  • Singed
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    Singed

    It is easy to forgive terrible people when I realize I am one of them. It is easy to show grace when I consider how much grace God has shown me. It is easy to let go of my anger when I realize how close I have come to hellfire.

  • Worth
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    Worth

    God has declared that I am worth the blood of His only Son. No compliment you give me can add to that. And no insult you hurl at me can take away from it.

  • The Friendly Blobs

    The Friendly Blobs

    My son had a heart-achingly pathetic look on his face. Maybe I was just imagining it, but I felt I could see an entire train of thoughts in that look. He had been born less than a week before and had somber eyes on top of cheeks that looked like they could be measured in…

  • The Scream and the Whisper
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    The Scream and the Whisper

    I screamed at the sky, “I can’t see past my mistakes!” And God whispered back, “I can.”

  • Phoenix
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    Phoenix

    I was ashes and dust,Lifeless,Worthless,And empty. But Holy Fire has ignited these ashes.

  • The Call
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    The Call

    O come all ye treacherous, jaded, and doubtful; Ye broken, empty, and joyless; Ye defeated, down-trodden, and forgotten. O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem.

  • Could He Hear Me?

    Could He Hear Me?

    How a Rhetorical Question Changed My Perspective of Worship The Son of God was dying. He hung limp on a cross, occasionally mustering His strength to push upwards into a position where He could inhale. Everything hurt: Jesus had been beaten multiple times, mocked with a crown of thorns, and then nailed to a cross.…