Tag: sisters
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Learning to Listen to the Holy Spirit
I’ve been asking people more often what the Holy Spirit sounds like to them, because although we as Christians often say, “Listen to the Holy Spirit,” it seems a lot of us are pretty unfamiliar with how to actually do this. Many times during this series about tough communication moments in friendship, we have referenced…
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When She’s Making Bad Choices
“If I ever try to do something that stupid, you better stop me!” I teased my friend with this line when she asked me to pray about the latest shenanigans of a friend of hers. Truth is we joke about that, but were my friend to actually call me on making a poor choice, I’m…
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When She’s Caught Up in Sin
I once saw it written: “If you flip people’s tables, you better be prepared to die for them.” This line has stuck with me for many years, serving as a heart check when my motive is straying from love to judgment. When Jesus flipped the tables of the money changers in the Temple, he saw…
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A Wild Way with Words
A favorite game my friends and I like to play when we gather is called Fish Bowl. Players write a word or phrase on slips of paper that their team then has to guess based on some kind of clue. There are three rounds, which increase in difficulty each time, and the team with the…
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The Wild Way of Friendship
I’ve heard the sentiment commonly expressed that making friends as an adult is SO hard. And it’s true, making friends as an adult seems way more complicated than it did to find a buddy in second grade, high school, or college. I think this probably has to do with the isolation and busyness of most…
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Fight Like a Mother
People say that they would do anything for their kids, but I didn’t really understand this sentiment on a visceral level until I punched a wall when my baby was about a week old. Let’s be clear, I am not the type of girl that punches walls. In fact, I’m pretty sure I can count…
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Comfort Like a Mother
I was watching a show recently in which a mother was rejected by her child. The actress was formidable in the scene, and tears sprung to my own eyes as I experienced her grief second-hand. There’s nothing quite as heart-wrenching as a mother’s grief, and even when it’s not our own, it moves us. A…
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Gather Like a Mother
Over the last decade or so, it seems to have become quite fashionable (in a Joanna Gaines kinda way) to have chickens. I see the appeal: fresh eggs, plus a low-key farm girl vibe without the crazy amount of work that comes with actually having an entire farm. I’ll be honest though, the hard work…
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Care Like a Mother
If you know anything about the story of Solomon, perhaps his virtue and his vice are first to come to mind: wisdom and wives. Or maybe you think of his wealth, how he built an incredible temple for the Lord…and a mansion for himself. But I would also guess that for many, the story of…
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The Weight of the Wait
Happy Mother’s Day, my sisters! If you haven’t read last week’s blog post, I hope you will go back and do so. I believe today is a day for celebrating the ways we all use our mother-hearts to love on the people in our lives. If that includes you having kids, well done, mama! If…