Empathy, Sympathy, and Bearing Burdens

Do you ever feel like you’ve blown it when it comes to relationships? I feel that way a lot. But what I’m coming to understand is how I respond to people as an HSP or Highly Sensitive Person. I feel what people feel and that can be overwhelming. Let me give you an example that …

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Choked

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. Matthew‬ ‭13‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Coming back from the Realm Makers conference I let my mind get overwhelmed with all the information I heard, …

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Life According to Plan

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs‬ ‭19‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ This Mother’s Day has me thinking. As a senior in high school, my plans were to marry my boyfriend, build a house on an acre or two, and have two kids, preferably a boy and a …

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The Counsel of Others

Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.‬‬ Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ One thing I am learning is that writing should not be a solo endeavor. There are too many unknown territories to navigate beyond and including the actual writing of the story. Thank God for people who have trekked …

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