Cling

This word means to hold tightly to someone or something. For example, my wife will cling to me in a scary situation.  I’m tempted to cling to my family and have them cling to me, but as they grow up and move into adulthood, they stop clinging so much. I know it’s healthy, but I…

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Avenged

I know what it’s like for people to fight for me. I have never been charged with a crime that I didn’t commit. I have never been accused of a “guilty crime” – where you’re guilty until proven innocent in the court of public opinion. I have not lived a perfect life for sure. I…

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Confident

I know what confidence looks like to me. I looked it up on dictionary.comjust to be safe. Confident means to be “sure, full assurance or strong belief. Confident is sometimes displayed as bold, presumptuous and sure of oneself.” I think the line between confidence and arrogance can be very thin. I see confidence as more…

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Shine Down

I remember seeing rays of sunshine burst through the trees off a “tree tunnel”. The sun will make a way through where there seems to be no way. I believe that the sun exposes multiple dark places because of its powerful presence. The sun brings light and heat for sure. I need the Light of…

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Fort

I remember as a kid building forts to hide in as my brothers and sisters played “cowboys and Indians”. The boys were always the cowboys and my two sisters would always be the Indians. We would build a fort for protection and then go “hunting” for the Indians. The fort was usually built out of…

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One-Word Prayer

I’m still learning to pray. I go through seasons of life where I pray more often than other seasons. A couple of years ago, my youngest son almost died when he fell over 40 feet from a tree. I remember clearly going to the tree where the accident occurred and putting my hand on the…

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