Written Rose Petals
Redefining purpose after pain
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Fall into Wonder!
Life is to be lived and the fear of living has hindered way too many of the simple joys this can bring…live again!
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A Life Restored
I can run to God and be safe from anxiety because His Peace blankets my mind. In God’s Presence I am safe from believing the lies from the enemy because I am refreshed in His Word…
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Comfortable Calling
Submit those things to God and remember that He too was rejected. Just as we are co-heirs of His glory we are also co-heirs of His rejection…
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Resolved Righteousness
God has given us the power to choose good over evil. He didn’t give us the power to choose evil and still try to be good…
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Spoiled Soil
Our standard is not the same measure of this world and God be praised because if the Christians can’t be Christ-like then who will?…
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Early Risers are Wiser
How be it, that we can cheerfully give our first fruit to God in tithes but lazily ignore the opportunity to give God the first fruit of our day? These are the hard questions we must ask ourselves…
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A Good Leader Follows
Any leadership position that we obtain should be filtered through God’s guidance on how to sustain it.
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Fearfully Obedient
The world may tell us to “do it afraid,” but we are called to stand firm in faith, in Isaiah 41:10. Let’s respond to challenges by partnering with God, who orders our steps for good works and for the glory of His kingdom…
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Friendly Enemies
The Amalekite’s betrayal of David, seeking to claim honor for Saul’s death, ultimately led to his downfall. This teaches us that forming alliances based on hatred is flawed…
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Rest Assured
Although I welcome the idea of rest I don’t think I have the best relationship with it…
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State of Emergency
Genesis 6:11 warns of a world corrupted by violence and distraction. As the state of emergency grows silent, it’s time to ask: Where will you stand in the life after?
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Steadfast Goodness
With His Voice, He can destroy yokes of bondage, heal the trauma that invades your mind, and mold you into His likeness as you endure hard trials…
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Shielded by God
The Lord is fighting for you and with you – He will rescue you in your time of trouble…
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God Understands.
Whatever your heart may be experiencing as a loss or pain during this season, know that God understands…
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Lost One
Oftentimes, we wander away because our eyes tell us that there is something better, someone better, some place better…
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Be merciful.
Yes, I know that it is hard, especially if there is abuse, violence, or hurt in general involved with the people we are being merciful towards…
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We Friends or Nah
We just size them up with tainted perspectives and dismiss them out of our lives to never speak to them again…
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God is Not a Hero
…but we must understand that God is not to be compared to our fave action hero; He is so much more!
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Type A Meets Jesus
God has given us a beautiful mind and oftentimes, we will trust our own mental strength before we seek to rest at the feet of Jesus…
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Radical Acceptance
There are cries for validation packaged in thirty second clips and colorful carousel posts…
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How to Wait on God
Our hope should anchor our wait. The hope that we have that God is trustworthy and He won’t start something that He does not intend to finish…
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Imaginary Disappointment
Heavenly Father help those who haven’t started this year in courage, boldness, or hope.
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Altar’d Space
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? If I get to build my perfect space to read and write it would be a cozy nook full of big floor pillows, massive natural lighting, a humidifier because hello, NY apartments, and angel skin opal wallpaper touching every wall. There…
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Counterfeit Courage
Oftentimes, we can confuse flaming arrogance with courage. We mistakenly believe that the louder we are, the braver we appear. In some cases this may be true
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Faith-Work: December Meditation
I pray that you’re able to recognize the opportunity you have to worship God in the thick of your circumstance
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Prayer is Not Dead
I say a life of prayer because it’s not just a Sunday ritual that we check off of our “godly to-do list.”
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The Power to Persevere
Even with all of my efforts of fighting against His will, somehow I still find myself doing the very thing I detested
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Farewell, Friend
Follow me back to the early 2000’s where N’Sync is on every teenage girl’s CD player and Destiney’s Child has everyone saying their name
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Out of the Mouth of Babes
As I bowed my head to hear her prayers clearer, her words, so fervently, pierced through my heart. She prayed for miracles
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A Safe Place
Now, we know that being a Christian does not allot for much comfortability, especially living in this dark world.
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Trusting God When Fear Rises
What kind of impact can we have on the world, if we are carrying on the same behavior as they in such a sensitive time?
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God, Judge America
Judge 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?” As Americans, we hear God bless America time and time again. Has anyone ever pondered to declare that…
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Refined in God
God’s ways are perfect! How do we know this? How can we trust this? Because our Word tells us His character and his mind towards those who belong to Him…
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The Living Dead: May Reflections
Unwinding with God is the only way to recharge and release the mental angst we may feel from day to day…
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Can God Fail?
Sure we have chanted these words in an emotional stupor in the pews of our local churches, but what does this statement really mean? Have we really grasped in our hearts the impossibility of God failing us?…
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I Give In
That no matter what, God deserves my worship because nothing can separate me from His enduring Love…
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The Courage to Conquer!
For quite some time, I have struggled to truly embrace the gift of not only a new month but a new day…
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Disrupted Destiny
The Jews took the longer route to avoid the Samaritans. Jesus took the the shorter route to meet a Samaritan…
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Do We Really Need God?
It’s easy to regurgitate scripture. God isn’t impressed with our impersonation of a Christian…
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Law of Attraction: Is it Really Changing Your Life?
Is the Law of Attraction really life changing or are we accustomed to delusion?
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Living in NY Seven Years – I Don’t Regret It
Seven means completion and what I am definitely “completing” is starting a year depressed, defeated, and anxious! This year I am hopeful, trusting God more, and encompassing His Joy…
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My Personal Tips on Fasting
Honoring the sacrifice Jesus made by sacrificing our time, food, drink, and bodies to Him is a huge I love You, back to God.
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Lifeline of Prayer
This is why there is so much war against prayer individually and as a family because prayer truly does change things…
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Alive to Live!
Jesus rescued me from a life of sin and worthlessness that music could never deliver me from no matter how soothing the beat…
