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I noticed the little voice at the thrift store as I gathered clothes to try on. I had a panicked sense about me, worried if I didn’t crawl through everything there, I would miss something. I tried on my clothes, bought several items, and went home feeling guilty. (Have you ...
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I’m so looking forward to speaking at the Declare Conference. If you live in the Dallas area and love to blog or write or make cool things, you ought to check it out. They blessed me today with this:The post The Declare Conference in August appeared first on Mary DeMuth. ...
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Have you ever felt like you lived in a word dungeon? No light. No sustenance. Just mean words inside your head assaulting you and keeping you from living a freely beautiful life? Take heart. Oh, dear one, take heart. God sees. He knows. He takes note. I’ve been in those ...
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If you’ve never taken the Strengths Finder test, I would highly recommend it. My findings were interesting, enlightening and a bit paradoxical. The underlying focus of the test is to establish your strengths. When we know them, we can then lead from our strengths, maximizing our impact. My top three? ...
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Here’s a universal fact: We all need prayer. I do. You do. They do. Before I pray for you, would you mind if I asked you for prayer? I’m coming up on speaking season, meaning I’ll be away from my family and sharing messages of hope with congregations and groups. ...
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The idea for this came a few days ago. To read that letter I wrote on this post out loud to the boys (men, now) who sexually abused me, so you could see I’m okay. That I’m not defined by that past act, but am healed today, and am continuing ...
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I’m over at Rachel Held Evans’ blog today sharing my story in more detail. It’s not a tale of spiritual abuse, but of sexual abuse and the scar that followed me the rest of my life. Note: trigger alert. It begins: On a recent run, I watched as two young ...
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If you’re a blogger like me, you make a lot of mistakes. I’ve been making them on this blog since 2004. Even today I got feedback on a post I wrote April 18, 2012 where I made a typo/spelling error. Can you find it? Second to last paragraph. (Five gold ...
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Of course there’s a place for contentment and counting your gifts. We should be the most gratitude-based folks on this planet, we who love Jesus and are loved by Him. But there is a time to shrug off contentment. And that’s when you have a holy ache for the things ...
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I’m sure there are probably 1,254 steps toward Impossible Joy, but I decided to focus on 12. How’s that for reductionism? Efficiency? I know you have a busy, busy life, so that’s the reason for this quick-and-easy 50 page ebook. My hunch is that the words “impossible joy” stuck together ...