This morning I woke to the sweet morning breath of my lispy 7-year-old singing "Happy Valentines Day" next to my bed. As I pried my lazy right eye open I quashed the grouchy early morning resentments aside and forced myself to be pleasant. I'm no morning person to say the least. Her little arms wrapped around me and we found a wee moment to snuggle the love into the morning. My heart filled to the top, I arose and we completed the morning routine smoothly. This morning only one of my ...
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Christian Faux Pax on Social Media
There are many things which held me back from becoming Christian. Most of them were my own failings and some were founded in what I perceived people's expectations and behaviours to be. It's daunting to think of becoming Christian when you're where I was. I was so imperfect, hyper-aware of my sins and flaws that it seemed impossible to live a life with what seemed rigid rules. Thankfully I jumped the hurdle of my fears and found that Jesus Christ truly isn't a leader who sits pointing a ...
Prayer Warriors – Join In This Prayer Chain
The Power of Prayer I'm a firm believer in the power of prayer. If you read here or on my Facebook page or even my Twitter feed you shouldn't be surprised to see me openly talking about prayer and getting closer to God. Prayer is something that's often on my mind because well frankly I pray all day long. I'd love to tell you all that I'm a traditional prayer, as if I set up a beautiful scene with candles, music and my head bowed respectfully but more often than not I'm involved in a deep ...
10 Bible Verses To Deal With Pain
After living with pain for so long I've learned to turn to my faith to help me to rise above it, reading Bible verses brings me back the reality I can so easily miss. There are different types of pain, physical, mental (emotional) and spiritual pain. If you look around you I'm sure you'll find someone in your life who is living with some sort of pain on a constant basis. It's been almost three years since my car accident and at times I've entered into deep depression over the pain which ...
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow – A Poem For People Wanting Hope
This is a poem which is read in many 12 Step meetings around the world. In my early sobriety I clung to the words, weeping my shame from my body....nowadays it still reaches deep into my soul each time I read it or hear it. Today I hope it helps someone reading who feels like the mountain of life looks too large to scale. Yesterday Today and Tomorrow There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, Two days which should be kept free of fear and apprehension. One of ...