Keeping It Real

The Path to Wholeness

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Choices.  Our lives are made by the choices we choose to choose.  We can choose to love or to hate, to forgive or to hold a grudge, to gain weight or lose it.  We can choose to eat healthy or eat garbage, to drink coffee or tea, regular or diet, to make the bed or [...]

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Bankruptsy & Forgiveness

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    Forgiveness is a quality that is both truly vital and terrifyingly unattainable without God. I’m sure all of us have good intentions at one point or another; I know that we all long to forgive because that means that the hurt is in the past, that we are solid and unmovable, that our [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions

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New Year’s Day is tomorrow.  I keep forgetting that this is a holiday.  But it’s not just that… I didn’t remember until just now that people make new year’s resolutions for this day. I started to think about what my resolutions might be (if I made them). But I realized, I’m already doing everything I [...]

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Desperation for God

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“Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.”  Psalm 150:4 I’m excited because I’ve made a decision in my life that I feel is something I can’t run away from.  Over the last several years, the idea of becoming a yoga instructor has continually crept upon me.  I never [...]

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How To Stay Aflame

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Don’t burn out; keep yourseves fueled and aflame.  -Romans 12:11 I read that awesome Scripture today.  One thing that I really noticed is how that statement was a command, not a suggestion.  It doesn’t say, “Try not to burn out!”  It doesn’t say, “Try really hard to stay fueled!”  No, it says, “Don’t burn out.”  [...]

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How to Make Your Own Decisions

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It’s in my nature to try to absorb every single bit of information that I can about something I’m ridiculously interested in.  For example, when I wanted to run, I read runners’ blogs, I read articles about running–about what clothes to wear, what shoes I should have; I looked at pictures of runners.  I read [...]

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Six Great Ways to Start the Day

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The older generation thought nothing of getting up at five every morning – and the younger generation doesn’t think much of it either.  -John J.  Welsh 1. Prayer/meditation. A great way to start the day is meditating on Scripture that is positive and reinforcing!  Giving your thoughts to God and resting in Him is always [...]

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When Being Still is Just Necessary

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I love quiet time in my room.  I used to have a little spot in my downstairs family area when I lived in California, but now that we’re in Hawaii, our rooms are smaller, so the bedroom feels cozier.  It feels more secure and more like my own little space, rather than this vast open [...]

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