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July | 2015 | {re}fresh
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Month: July, 2015. July 21, 2015. A Tale of Two Kingdoms. A quick glance through social media turned into a long squeal. My friend decided to run a half marathon. At Disney. DisneyLAND! I posted a Facebook reply in three nanoseconds and almost booked a flight on the spot. Why? Because Disneyland makes me yearn for the Kingdom of God, and Heaven. Truly, I’m not nuts. Let me explain. God used a silly Mouse to remind me about beauty and whimsy and color and excitement and joy. No, Disneyland wasn’t. For som...
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The Slow Rain of the Soul | {re}fresh
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The Slow Rain of the Soul. 8221; by snowpeak. Is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone (Zecheriah 10:1, NIV). Yet when the ground is so dry, a hard pounding rain will not penetrate the earth, but instead runs off to the dry stream beds and off toward the ocean. Little seeps into the groundwater and the reservoirs are hardly replenished. Whether a slow rain or a hurr...
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Re}Fresh is proud to host several talented writers and share their voices with the world. We certainly love each of them, quirky as they are. To learn more about our contributors and their quirks, scroll down. Artist of faith and author of. Remember to Leave Your Footprint: You Were Created to Leave a Legacy. Children’s author of. 2009, Halo Publishing) and. Invisible Jenny May,. 2015, Halo Publishing), and a devotional blogger at. Dawn’s New Day. She regularly contributes articles for. Is a worship lead...
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June 8, 2016. Spring Cleaning…Surrendering to the Light. Pittock Mansion by Brittany. Flickr.com8707522400 31cfb20015 z.jpg CC BY-ND 2.0. 8220;God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” 1 John 1:5. Saturday, words from a former self spilled over my lips like an overflowing bucket of dirty water. Ooooops! That monster named Unforgiveness had snuck back in under the cover of darkness and drowned me with my own words. How appropriate. Words…my passion and my weakness. What about your spring cleaning?
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Most Journeys Are Mostly Boring | {re}fresh
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Most Journeys Are Mostly Boring. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this. (Isaiah 60:22b). I recently had the good fortune to fulfill a life-long dream to drive across the country. The trip was itself a major step in another, much longer, more personal journey a seven-year pursuit of the love of my life. But that’s another story. The Lord says through Isaiah, “When the right time comes, I the LORD will quickly do this” (Isa. 60:22b, NET). From my picayune perspective, things tend to mo...
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Relational Circuits and Pharisees | {re}fresh
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Relational Circuits and Pharisees. Is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. Psalm 103:8. OK, thank you, I chirp tersely in my leave-me-alone-can’t-you-see-I’m-working voice. Five seconds later, I. Realize what I didno, what I AM doing. I have no idea what my husband said, what he wanted, what he’s feeling, or even if he smiled or frowned. Nor did I care. That’s not the first time I preemptively stopped conversation, empathy and connection with someone I loved in the last 24 hours.
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April | 2015 | {re}fresh
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Month: April, 2015. April 29, 2015. Cinderella…More than Just Another Fairy Princess Story. Ella stood before her dying mother, frozen with fear. I want to tell you a secret that will see you through all the trials that life can offer, whispered her mother. Have courage and be kind. Choking back tears, Ella nodded and sealed the secret between them with one last hug. Little did she know, but this little secret would see Ella through life’s toughest trials. Embarrassed by the truth, Cinderella plays coy, ...
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Would you like to submit a piece for {Re}Fresh or apply to become a regular contributor? Please review the guidelines below for all individual submissions before sending your work to our administrators, Dawn Aldrich at d.aldrich@snet.net. Limit 400-500 word count. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Waiting, Not Wasting.
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Dancing With I AM | {re}fresh
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Dancing With I AM. 8220;Cute Little Girl in Pink Dances” individual from the larger series. Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/4549438383/. You know what they say about having one foot in tomorrow and one in yesterday? You know what you end up doing all over today. Why is it so easy to piddle away our days? God is here, now. He calls Himself “I AM.” He was and is and is to come, but to experience Him intimately, to truly abide in Him, it is imperative we live in the. For goodness’s sake,. I was those...
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I Am Not a Worrier. I Am a Warrior. | {re}fresh
https://refreshwellspring.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/i-am-not-a-worrier-i-am-a-warrior
I Am Not a Worrier. I Am a Warrior. I am not a worrier. I am a warrior. How quickly we can plummet from the pinnacle of peace to the precipice of pandemonium. We look at the Israelites and wonder how they ever could have doubted, complained, looked back. God had just miraculously saved them, parted the sea, led and fed them, and still they had the gall to grumble, grouse, murmur and moan. Really? Thankfully my condition, while intense, was short-lived. Our God gives life to the dead and speaks of the non...
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