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A Thing: Sometimes It Takes Losing to Win
I am living a Job moment. For those of you who know who Job was that will make sense to you. For those who don’t know who Job was, let me tell you in a brief way – Job lost everything and everyone in...
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Yesterday – No Where Near
I am ready for the love that today is holding. Although I have had some disappointments lately, I will still be happy and full of joy today. You see, after all that I have come through – to me it would...
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My Scars are Paralleled and Canceled
I have had deep emotional pain and deep physical pain – they have left scars. But those scars are paralleled by His scars which have healed me. His scars cancel mine out. I feel that love the deepest....
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A Comfort That Shouldn’t Be
2013 Updated Excerpt from And I Heard Him Say… – by Heather Mertens A COMFORT THAT SHOULDN’T BE The self loathing was a ‘beyond my control, caught in my throat’ kind of oppression. It led to the most...
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Healing: Take a Blessing from the Depressing
My being healed is personal. By that, I mean it was a deeply personal experience with God. My God … who has the master plan. Yes, I was healed. Completely. Yes, I’ve had different illnesses and pain...
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The Trap of Going There Anyway
Do you ever stop and think about what in your life is a comfort that shouldn’t be? Is there something that consumes your thoughts in such a way that you know it isn’t healthy or productive but you go...
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Pray, Trust. Believe. {3 Steps to Faith Full Out}
I pray. I trust. I believe. Even when things are tough… like right now with this illness. It really is that simple for me. Maybe it’s because I’ve been through more in 40ish years than most people go...
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Dying To Live {Aware in Mental Health Month}
This is Mental Health Month. A time to be aware. A time to understand. I’m sharing my 25 year journey through mental illness in my book. I’ve shared it on my blog before. People reacted with such love...
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I Dreamed of Dad… in the Silence: Missing Love Can’t Be Fixed
It’s Wee AM in the morning. Thunder rumbles and my tears fall; rain falls and my heart rumbles. I couldn’t stop the ferocious flood of tears as I Iie here wide awake if I wanted to. It’s been a bad...
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What Is Not Heard In the Silence
In the silence… The pain is deafening. The exhaustion is overwhelming. The fatigue is crushing. The foggy brain is scary beyond words… because words literally can’t be found. The all over body symptoms...
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Why Am I Not Healed, Yet? {Mustard Seed Faith}
Thank you all for these beautiful, beautiful prayers you are sending my way! I feel them and not afraid to admit I need them. We should not forsake coming together for prayer… even asking for...
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The Trap of the Mind Inside the Evil of Depression
Depression. My story. Deep in the mind is a place that becomes a trap. People are asking questions. Especially when we hear about a suicide like Robin Williams … an ending to a life. “Why did they not...
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BIG CHANGES… How Could I Say ‘No’?
Dear You, Yes, you, in your AMAZING prayers and messages and thoughts for me while I go through this treatment for my Fibromyalgia, while I zone in on what Jesus is doing in my life for this ministry,...
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The Trapped Mind Series {SDG Connections}
I am writing later today about my Fibro treatment and what God has taught me through it all. Even if you don’t have or know someone who has a chronic illness, you won’t want to miss what I am sharing....
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The Trapped Mind Series – Part 2 {SDG}
I thought if I could stay “in control” everything would be just fine. Yet, I found my irrational side taking control and ruining everything I held dear. It all was a huge conflict that I wore like a...
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The Story of My Healing: How Healing Moments Lead to Ultimate Healing {SDG...
I have waited 17 years to tell this story this publicly. It’s time. It’s certainly time. I sat there listening intently to the words coming out of that Prison Minister’s mouth. No, I wasn’t in prison....
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