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Nice Isn’t Always Kind
As a people-pleaser, I’ve always wanted to be nice. I never wanted to make decisions or tell someone the truth, even when they needed to hear it. I definitely never wanted to be in conflict with anyone. I would do anything to avoid a hard conversation, even if it meant breaking off contact or hiding…
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Heaping Burning Coals (and keeping boundaries)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 When I think of kindness, I usually think of the earthly definition, which is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. In that sense, it can sometimes be…
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Kindness Starts Within
I wonder, O Savior, How you felt upon that cross? When you felt the thorns pressed against your head When you felt the whips scarred your body When you felt the stones bruised your body I wonder if you thought, How those people were, at one time, singing your praises? I wonder about the strength,…