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Great Place for Advent Reflection

Dec 12, 2007Archive

Visit here for daily advent readings. Right now they’re talking about rest. Ahhhhhhh.

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Who needs this reminder today? Jesus provides the

Who needs this reminder today? Jesus provides the stick-to-your-bones peace that endures through dark nights, mounting trials, financial stress, pain in our bodies and minds, trauma, and relational heartache. I pray that beautiful shalom over you today.

Watch this painting carefully, and you’ll see th

Watch this painting carefully, and you’ll see that I actually wrote the words spoken over me. It becomes a cloud of untrue and ill spoken mess over my mind. Can you relate? It’s taken me a lifetime to relinquish and untangle these difficult words. Below is a prayer I hope is helpful as you work through your devastating words.

Jesus, I surrender the words spoken over me. They still sting. They still try to define me. But I am not shaped by those words anymore. So overwhelm me with your love so that the lies told or yelled my way shrink into nothingness. The truth is you love me. You are for me. You created me. I matter. I will amount to something because you have given me life and purpose. I am not insignificant. I am wanted, valued, and cared for. May those words of yours be megaphoned in me, and may the mean words spoken over me whisper into silence, I pray. Amen.

Jesus, I surrender that prodigal to you. I cannot

Jesus, I surrender that prodigal to you. I cannot make them come back to you. I cannot compel them to reconcile. I cannot make choices for them. It’s painful to watch them deconstruct and self-destruct. It hurts my heart. So here I am, praying for them. You love them far more than I do. Leave the 99 and chase them, please. Reveal yourself to them in dreams. Send other Christ followers into their lives. Heal any hurt they’ve experienced by the church. Give them a longing for you, even though they may not be able to articulate that longing. Rescue them, I pray. Amen.

Thank you @comparedtowho for your amazing coaching

Thank you @comparedtowho for your amazing coaching in December. I’m so grateful to be pursuing a more grateful, balanced relationship with food.

These crepes are amazing, by the way.

1 egg
1 ripe banana
About 1/3 cup milk (I use almond)
1/3 cup almond flour
2/3 cup tapioca flour
Pinch of salt

Whir this in a blender. Pour 1/4 into hat greased pan, swirl, wait til no wet spots appear, flip. Repeat three more times to make four crepes. Top with whatever you want. The chocolate hazelnut spread is called @rigonidiasiago organic hazelnut spread. I found it on Amazon. I’ve also enjoyed TBH hazelnut chocolate spread also via @amazon. I just don’t like how sweet the other commercial spreads are. I guess my time in France has tempered my “sweet” tooth. (Their desserts, interestingly, are about half as sweet as US desserts).

Anyway, if you need help with body image and your relationship with food, I hugely recommend Heather. And she has a workbook coming out with @bethany_house_nonfiction soon! Watch for it.

Jesus, I surrender my friendships to you. It’s h

Jesus, I surrender my friendships to you. It’s hard for me to say goodbye to some. Show me when to let go and when to hold on. Keep my heart open for new relationships you send my way. I don’t want to close off my heart in the aftermath of a broken friendship. Would you repair what’s been broken? Would you give me insight into myself so I can be an empathetic, cheerleading friend for others? Thank you that even if my friends move or move on, you are always my best friend, and you will never leave me or betray me. Amen

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