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Struggle | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/struggle
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. So I learn to turn my thoughts to thanksgiving. So I lean hard on the Word and gaze into the accounts of fulfilled promises of a faithful God. I’m weary with sorrow and disappointment. So I clear my schedule, shut off distractions, and make a private place to dwell with the Most High. I’m afraid of the future. I’m drained of hope in humanity and the world. I’m soaked in my own foolishness, greed, and pride. I’m desperate for change. Thousands of s...
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The “S” Word | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/the-s-word
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. The “S” Word. Why does the word. Carry so much baggage in our society? It’s associative history is one of long-standing discomfort, awkward conversations, unhappiness, and struggle against time and social standards. Before you roll your eyes at “yet another frustrated single twenty-something’s yammering,” may I submit my point in publishing a page on this topic? I am a single Christian, not dead. Umm, no. I have a better idea. Love for us in whate...
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Just Mary | It's your life; what are you doing with it? | Page 2
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It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. Earnest Prayers and the Monsters in My Closet. Jesus in my back seat. I Will. Not. Back. Down. 8220;God is not an elephant”. Freedom Through Serving – defending the orphans and widows, setting the captives free. Are Damaged Goods Ever Good Enough? When i can’t…. God in my brokenness. Done Dating the Fridge (Modern Women of Faith). Treasures In the Dust Bin. It’s Gonna Be Worth It. Different brand of pretty. Fast and Easy new posts via Email!
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for the Love… | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/for-the-love
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. For the Love…. Where to even begin. How to even start trying. It’s been a long time since I’ve thrown words around without a specific assigned outcome or deadline, there have been other priorities taking precedent in my life that have kept my fingers from the keyboard. I’m flooded with the blessings of God in family, in work, in growth in the Body of Christ, and I’ve been savoring it! Your way is perfect. For the Love, You extend grace to me.
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All or Nothing | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/all-or-nothing
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. When Jesus heard his answer, he said, There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. (Luke 18:22 NLT). How quickly we fade and squint our eyes at the glorious future Christ offers us. But is that really what this is about? I think my own hands wrap too tightly around things that have nothing to do with my bank account. Look again.
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Clean the Toilet | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/clean-the-toilet
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. There are some days that seem to be filled with witty wisdom, chance encounters that prove didactic and transformative, and mighty sunsets transporting you to some other level of connection and sensitivity to the heartbeat of humanity and seem to unlock your own heretofore untapped wellsprings of altruism and destiny. Today was not one of said days. It seems that when I am staring into the depths of a toilet bowl, not an expanse of an ocean or a s...
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Team- No-Days-Off | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/team-no-days-off
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. Am I crafting or am I smashing others with my words? Do I recognize a moment of weakness as an opportunity to build character or a chance to tear someone down? Do I ask of others what I avoid for myself? Am my diligent in all things even when no one is looking? What does my “extravagant love” look like at home among familiar things and The most valuable people? Does the hope that I preach have fingers and toes or hashtags? October 21, 2014. The &#...
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Just keep breathing | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/just-keep-breathing
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. 2014, April. My lungs burn. My legs are screaming at me. My arms are pasta dangling in the air. My heart is trying to escape through my ears. Everything in my spindly self if crying for the love of ice cream, cheesecake, and all things holy, STOP! Grinding halt, shoes are bonded to the pavement my legs can’t go any farther. A mere 900 yards back. How will this ever happen before I die of exhaustion? Or lack of intravenous coffee? Suddenly, the 2&#...
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Ordinary Miracles | Just Mary
https://stepq.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/ordinary-miracles
It's your life; what are you doing with it? The “S” Word. We talk so often of the moment of the gift of Christ’s miraculous birth. But how often we forget or perhaps overlook the developing miracle of His life on earth leading up to His ministry years. Against all odds, what diligence, devotion and honor His parents must have shown while raising Him. What powerful work God did through their faithfulness in sowing into The life they had been entrusted with. Cultivating is Kingdom work. 1 John 4:7, 9-11 NIV.
