#EvolutionofaHolyBadAss
New Year’s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Year’s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didn’t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again. Old Year’s Nights prepare for New Year’s Days by way of …
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And then, I exhaled. I’m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation, When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stress—our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …
from the Anglican Church in North America’s Book of Common Prayer Confession and Absolution “Almighty and most merciful Father,we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.We have followed too much the devices and desiresof our own hearts.We have offended against your holy laws.We have left undone those things which we ought to …
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit.”1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 NIV Rejoice, pray, give thanks.Wash, rinse, repeatThanks be to God.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”Hebrews 12:11 NIV I am refreshing my morning routines. I look forward to creating habits and practices, training my body and my soul in newly beneficial ways.What will …
“The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth— because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the …
“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.”2 John 1:6 NIV Walk in love. We’re supposed to stay in our lane. Today, that means understanding my role, staying out of God’s Way, and trusting in Divine …
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”Romans 12:9-10 NIV Love must be sincere.Everyday.All the days.Because we are created by a Loving God. Image may be subject to copyright
“I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”Philippians 4:12-13 NRSVUE I …
“And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.”2 Corinthians 9:8 NRSVUE God is able to provide.(God is able to provide. God is able to provide.)Remember that line from the Wizard of Oz, ”there’s no place …
“And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,”Romans 5:3-4 NRSVUE Suffering builds perseverance, or so we’re told. No one wants to suffer, and yet when we must endure it, we are never alone. The lesson? Pray, and look to …
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.”Psalms 94:19 NRSVUE We are the beloved. There has never been a time when I lacked for consolation. I trust God because the steadfast love never fails.I am encouraged, and restored. It is in those times that I am certain that everything matters …
Chelle A Wilson 
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