by [email protected] | Nov 8, 2016 | Chosen and Approved, Emily Conrad, encouragement, following the crowd, Overcoming Insecurity, Whatever She's Having
My aunt and uncle took us into the toy store in the mall and made an amazing promise: my sister and I could each pick one item—ANY item in the store—and they would get it for us.Talk about eight-year-old heaven. Looking back as an adult, I wonder how big of a risk my...
by [email protected] | Nov 1, 2016 | Chosen and Approved, encouragement, Identity in Christ, Mary Geisen, Overcoming Insecurity, Passage Through Grace, You are
I can’t believe there’s only one more week of the Chosen and Approved series left! What I’m loving from this week’s post?This line: The world paints lies with just enough detail to resemble your outline.That’s what makes the lies we hear...
by [email protected] | Oct 25, 2016 | Chosen and Approved, Identity in Christ, Jeanne Takenaka, the pitfalls of people pleasing, When our efforts go unnoticed
Have you ever thought much about cuttlefish? Probably not. I had to Google it to find out what they look like. And when I did, I was really surprised. Nope, doesn’t look familiar at all. (Hint: the image at the top of this blog is not a...
by [email protected] | Oct 18, 2016 | a man after God's own heart, accepting grace, an example of repentance, Chosen and Approved, Emily Conrad, exercising mercy, faith, Lessons from David for the People Pleasers
by Emily Conrad My modern conservative Christian mind has trouble with David and all of his wives. Then, I read about his affair with Bathsheba and the plot against Uriah, and I don’t understand how God could’ve chosen this man for such an important role. Yet...
by [email protected] | Oct 11, 2016 | Chosen and Approved, faith, Glimpsing Our True Reflections, Identity in Christ, Mary Geisen, Passage Through Grace
Mirrors never lie. Except when they do.Mary Geisen’s post for today’s installment of Chosen and Approved is a reminder to check which reflections of ourselves we’ve chosen to believe.The world is a mirror. Social media is a mirror. The Bible is a...
by [email protected] | Oct 6, 2016 | Chosen and Approved, Emily Conrad, fearfully and wonderfully made, Five Minute Friday, Free write, Identity in Christ, people pleasing, Write 31 Days
by Emily ConradI see you watching me, and I can see your gears turning as you evaluate me. Your subtle hints, I take as revision notes, critiques, and I get to work. Let me be more like you. Let me mimic what you do. You’ll never notice me disappear into a...
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