I stood there staring. My eyes locked onto it as I shut out everything and everyone else around me. The chill that surrounded it made me shiver, yet my palms grew sweaty. Thoughts floated around in my head as my heart pounded and my adrenaline soared due to the ...
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Magazines…billboards…movies…T.V. commercials, they all seek to sell their version of beauty. Each avenue has an opinion on how we should look in order to be accepted. Psalm 139: 13-14 confirms that God created us from the womb, and we were fearfully and wonderfully made. Yet society—and its groupies, social media ...
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The title above may sound like a television series or a rap song, but it’s referring to neither. It’s meant to be taken literally. It is what it is; bad bosses… are an unpleasant fact. They are like annoying little flies that you want to desperately smack, but if you ...
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One… Two… Three! Whoosh, out goes the candles—be it one or one hundred. Applause echoes, and wide smiles as well as vibrant laughter from those around reveals how strenuous and awkward it is to blow out candles. Nevertheless, tasty cake and anticipated presents almost always decorate such ...
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So the lengthy process of grieving is in full swing. There’s the crying, self-denial, burst of anger, self-blame, depression, and withdrawal from friends and family. Now what? Though it is natural to grieve, it’s also natural to move forward past grieving. There is no universal grieving period, but you can ...
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