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Three Ways to Deal with the Sin of Attention-Seeking

Chords strummed the guitar, a sweet melody flowed from her lips. I couldn’t deny the beauty of it, yet envy burned within me. I wanted to be the one singing, being admired and getting praise. Later, I rested my head on the table as a different voice droned on and on, drowning me in a […]

Girl Texting Guy

When Guys Become More Exciting Than God

“He just texted me again!” Abby said with a girlish squeal. She and her two sisters were hanging out in her bedroom chatting about guy stuff. Abby was nineteen years old and secretly hoping that Clay was “the one.” She woke up every morning wondering if he had texted her. If he hadn’t texted her, […]

Letting Go of Pain and Suffering

When we look around at the circumstances of people in the world today, we discover that there is a vast amount of suffering and pain being endured. Many different people struggle with many different types of suffering. Hospitals are full of horrible diseases and injuries, parents are getting divorces, babies are being aborted, war is […]

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You’re a Model Whether You Realize it or Not

Everyone was yelling at him. Everyone was mocking him. You stood there watching, not sure what to do. Then, without even realizing it, you started to yell too. Anger burst from your lips as you joined in with the crowd. “Kill him! Kill him!” you sneered, holding your fist in the air. You continued yelling […]

God Used a Teenage Girl to Accomplish the Impossible

She had no guarantees. She had no promises for her future. She wasn’t handed a map telling her how her life would work out or how the details would unfold. She was given a message by a man she’d never seen, was told she would accomplish something that had never been done in the past […]

Grateful Hands

When God Doesn’t Give You What You Desperately Want

Three and half years ago I stood at the altar of a beautiful church with a handsome groom across from me beaming from ear to ear. I was getting married (read more on that here) and everything in my life seemed absolutely perfect. I had a loving, wonderful, supportive family and was marrying into an […]

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