Category: Blog
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God Forgives David and You, Too
He did something wrong, multiple things wrong, yet once he repents, God forgives him. And more than that God forgets it. He chooses him to be anointed, to be king, to be a mighty warrior, a writer of Psalms, even though he knew David would commit such a horrible series…
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Trusting God When His Plan Doesn’t Make Sense
And every night as I tried to sleep, I turned to my bible, and asked God, what do you want me to do? Why am I here? Why can’t I play any more? Unfortunately, there are no verses in the Bible that said “Ondi you were not meant to play…
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Becoming Even More Undignified Than This…
Before summer camp a lot of the things I did and experienced were miracles of the Lord, and I would come to him in those times with a deep sense of awe for what he had done. What I didn’t do was acknowledge in all things, that he was the…
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Let’s Make the Waiting Worth It
When God is asking me to wait, he knows everything about my circumstance. He knows everything about what my life will be like when he finally gives me a no or a yes. He knows that I will be ready, and I will be grateful when he finally answers. He…
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God With Us: His Work In Family Tragedy
Midway through college I was awoken in the middle of the night by several missed calls on my phone. They were all from unknown numbers, and there was only one voicemail. I listened to the voicemail, and my family’s life was never the same. The call was from a friend…
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When This is Over, Who Will You Be?
What are we spending our time doing? Are we whining and complaining and filling our time building idols in the desert? Are we complaining about the daily manna God is giving us just because we can’t quite see the promised land? Is it possible to shift our focus from ourselves…
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Grieving Loss and Trusting the Goodness of God: We Can Do Both
There can be deep sorrow and grieving alongside our hope in the Lord, and our faith that he will redeem all of this for our good. We can grieve over things we are missing, and be hopeful that God is doing big important things in his time; these two things…
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The World Does Not Need Our Condemnation; It Needs Our Love
We are sinners, we are condemned (without Jesus), but we were not put on this earth to condemn others. We were called to love. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment his answer was to love God, and then love your neighbor. He did not say love God,…
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Set The Precedent in Unprecedented Times
People keep throwing around the word “unprecedented,” when it comes to what the world is going through right now. And I think we really need to think about that word: unprecedented. If this whole situation is unprecedented, we get to set a precedent. We get to decide what our standards…
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For Sleep-Deprived Mamas: His Mercies Are New Every Morning
“His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23).” If I could just get through the night, his mercies would be new when the light broke over the horizon. When I saw that first hint of light, I could breathe a sigh of relief because his mercies were new. Every day…
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