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When God Meets You in the Ordinary
When it comes to God I’m pretty needy — not in a materialistic way, but in the “I always want to make sure we’re good” way. Alignment with Him is the most important thing in our relationship because all I want to do is please Him. And it’s funny because as I write this, it…
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When Relationship Begins to Bloom
You remember when you first started hanging out with one of your good friends and you guys hung out so much that you inadvertently started picking up their clichés or their habits? That’s how my relationship with God is. Of course my ways and habits don’t bleed onto Him, but the intentionality of getting things…
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Day One… Chile Please
There is no comparison between my husband and God, but my relationship with God is just as important as my marriage. They both take work to maintain, and things like communication, trust, and reciprocity are only a few of their similarities. With that said, my walk with God is very different — and dominant —…
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Grace for Who You Had to Be
Stop punishing yourself for who you had to be to survive. For the walls you built because you didn’t feel safe. For the hurt you hid under anger because vulnerability would’ve made everything worse. You made it. Give yourself credit for surviving. The fact that you’re still here is proof your life isn’t in vain.…
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The Hangover
Working faith into my life has been liberating. It stretched me in places that made the process feel hard at first, but ended up being very good for me. Looking back over this God journey a lot of things have happened that I wouldn’t say were ideal by Joi’s standards. I mean who picks learning…
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Push Anyway
As soon as you make a move to add serious value to your being, life comes through like a van with no windows and Free Hugs painted on the side. Creepy and chaotic. The internal arguments that you can’t even discuss will have you knowing everything will be okay and on the verge of a…