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Feeling rejected? We’ve all been there. Some of us more than others but the great thing about rejection is that there are endless possibilities that you can venture to. I recently, was forced to acknowledge something about myself which I’ve been in denial about my whole life; I HATE REJECTION! I was visiting a friend at her home. I spot the invitation plastered on my friend’s fridge. The names of my two friends are printed in elegant script, with a “Save the Date” magnet hanging below. Yet another wedding I wasn’t invited to. Why wasn’t I invited? What did I do…

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Only God can satiate the deepest longings of the soul.  When you’re real about it, where have you been turning to quench the longings?  When the darkness settles, and you’re along with your longing, what do you do about it? We hear well-meaning Christ-followers speaking of turning to Christ alone to satisfy, but what does this actually look like?  When I’m real about it, I admit that opening my Bible isn’t always satisfying.  Closing a door to pray feels like the very kind of work from which my weary soul needs rest.  Listening to a sermon sounds somewhat boring.  So…

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I thoroughly enjoy Church services in the beginning of a new year. Every year I go to Revival at my church for three nights and it is such a filling, gratifying, intense, humbling experience to see women and men of God in one place, desperately seeking God’s Face and Hand. People are often crying and sprawled out on the floor because they are in such need. What those needs are? Only they and God know. I’ve been there too. Some Revivals, it was a desperate need to change my health and mind.  One year, it was to help me get…

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