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The Power of Story
Posted on September 7, 2012 in Uncategorized
I’m a firm believer that reading good fiction can increase our compassion for people, especially going through experiences we haven’t been through ourselves. Our hearts can be touched by things taking place in the story and we…
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Humility
Posted on September 5, 2012 in Uncategorized
I remind myself all the time to stay humble. I’m not going to change because of all this (attention). I’m just not going to do it. ―St. Petersburg Times online, December 9, 2005 Tebow said this as he was finishing his senior…
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Back to School Show and Tell
Posted on August 27, 2012 in Uncategorized
by Elizabeth George I adore watching my two daughters get their kids who range from 7 to 13 ready to go back to school. What a fun time it is for the family. What child doesn’t love their new school clothes, super-hero or…
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Seeing Your Pain Lead to Your Purpose
Posted on August 25, 2012 in Uncategorized
The greatest way to overcome pain in your past is to help someone else out of the same kind of pain today. In my newest book, When a Woman Overcomes Life’s Hurts, I talk about the joy and healing that comes by reinvesting …
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Finding Peace In Suffering
Posted on August 24, 2012 in Uncategorized
Cancer. It’s a terrifying diagnosis. Everyone in the world is touched by it. They have cancer, have been healed from cancer, or know someone who has cancer. This and other diseases leave us asking God why. Why does He allow canc…
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You Can Experience Joy Again
Posted on August 23, 2012 in Uncategorized
Cyndi is a woman who experienced death more times than she can count while growing up. Accidents, family members dying young, friends …it seemed unbearable. Until Cyndi learned to praise God in her pain. And there she found …
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Is it Time to Take Yourself Off the Hook?
Posted on August 22, 2012 in Uncategorized
After 20 years of counseling women, I discovered the main reason women don’t forgive their offender is because “I don’t want to let them off the hook.” Yet, to forgive another person who has hurt you deeply…
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Recognizing Real Vs. Distorted Love
Posted on August 18, 2012 in Uncategorized
Having faced rejection from an abusive father, abandonment from an abusive husband, and then betrayal by a boyfriend she thought was the “real deal,” Becky asked “What’s wrong with me?” But Becky, as …
