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Breaking Through Barriers: When Expectations Affect Hope
I had a favorite verse in high school. It was Proverbs 19:21 -- "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." I knew what was going to happen next. I was going to college. Just like my brothers. Just like many of my...
Finding a Way to Something You Want
She smiled at me and I couldn't resist wanting to hold her. There is something special when they are still small. I can find a way to easily hold a baby, before they are too wiggly and before they are too big. But even then, I have thought through my options and found...
Breaking Through Barriers: When Expectations Affect Daily Life
"Can you hold onto both arms?" "I got you." "Ok, I am trying to get there. I just can't move as fast." "It's okay." "I don't like feeling different." I had this conversation with my mom earlier today, but you would have heard something similar in our house other days...
Adapting to a New Haven
A safe or peaceful place. That's one definition for haven -- the word of the day. What comes to mind? Where do you run? What place brings you peace or rest? I used to go to a certain corner of the local Panera. All the employees that knew me knew my favorite spot. But...
Breaking Through Barriers: When Expectations Affect Identity
Last week I left you with this question: In what ways could I enjoy life now without giving up these simple dreams forever? After my thirtieth birthday, I began to consciously work through this question. I reframed how I viewed my current life and dug out these...
Why We Need Hope and Cheer
When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. -Psalm 94:19 I return to this over and over -- We need each other. Life is better when we share it with people. We learn how to love, how to forgive, how to walk through the expected and...
Breaking Through Barriers: Letting Go of Expectations
Thirty. It wasn't about the number. It was what the number represented and how everything came to the surface as a day of celebration approached. I didn't want to turn 30. I was a mess on the inside. That birthday reminded me I was not where I wanted to be. I had...
Expect to Be Surprised
There's a funny thing about expectations. We don't always know which ones to hold onto and which ones we need to lay down. Even in the past week I have seen how God wants me to let go of expectations and open my eyes to see what He is doing. It's often not what we...
Breaking Through Barriers: Simple Dreams, part two
What does it feel like... To rise from the bed and stretch without someone lifting your body or moving your arms for you... To open the front door and go for a run or bike ride with thoughts of no one else... To hop in your car and go somewhere by yourself for hours...
On Growing Up
Ten years ago I moved. From one small town to another. From a place I called home for 4 years to the place that is my home once again. Ten years ago I woke up in a dorm. It was my favorite one on campus and the building is no more. They knocked it down a year or so...
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