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A prayer The human experience is full of creation, and destruction. Of being made and remade. Of creating life and destroying it. Our words are spades, molding the soil in nourishing ways around just-sprung sprouts. So too are our words swords: slashing and mawing out all the delicate beauty of life we had sown.God, make
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There is a tension we live with between dark and light, hope and despair. Sometimes, it is an especially painful schism.
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Where is our hope? It isn’t in this world’s fleeting beauty- yet this beauty, transient as it is, draws us to the eternal. It draws us to explore, learn, and pursue the heart of our Creator. It draws us to worship Him.
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Have you ever seen a partner dance? One of those beautiful dances where the man and woman’s movements flow together, their bodies like a single living organism creating something new from what they were before the dance? These dances can move us to tears. They fill us with this sense of awe and a feeling…
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If everything God created is good and was perfect , that means us too. For me, thinking that I am “created perfect” hits a nerve somewhere deep inside me. It makes me squirm. How can I be perfect? How can I be so beautiful- not solely the physical kind of beauty, but the deeper kind?
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Why did God make daffodils, hummingbirds, snowflakes, lichen, ants, minnows, musical birds, squirrels, or trickling creeks…. Or anything else that we find delightful yet “not essential”? Because God loves beauty.
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Is there beauty in going to an average job, doing dishes, vacuuming the house, going for a walk along a busy highway, or any of the other unsubstantial experiences of my daily life? Where can I find beauty in these moments?
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Jesus is inviting you to something terrifyingly glorious, something filled with danger and adventure. Will you watch cheer Him on from the sidelines, or will you risk it all and join Him?
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My mom recently shared this quote with me that said “Your flesh does not care where you spend eternity because it’s not going with you!”. Although this quote was making a point about listening to our sinful nature, it got me thinking… I have heard the word “flesh” used in the church rather confusingly. It
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I’m Allison
I am a 20-something Christian woman living in the northern Midwest. I am energized by hikes in the woods, finding poetry in ordinary life, and learning about my Creator and His world. I write what’s on my heart- usually snacking on dark chocolate while I do so.
I hope what I share here will be a small spark of courage and rejuvenation for your own heart!
” The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
John 1:5
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