I heard a song on the radio recently and the words so struck me. The lyrics went something like this: that which bends will not break. Wow! The words went straight to my heart and I knew that I needed to do better at “bending”! Well, I put the philosophy into practice that very day and I was amazed at the results. The results were immediate and powerfully positive and beneficial for all! You see I was working on a project with a friend. I am a perfectionist at heart and thus can easily get struck in my ways but this day I chose to bend where I could (for sometimes it is just as important
I am on the “homestretch”—in ten short days I will be graduating from seminary! People have been asking me what I am going to do after I graduate and I find myself responding with one short, simple word—REST! It has been a wonderful journey being in seminary for the past four years, but it has also been a lot of hard work and I am exhausted (happily exhausted)! God put it on my heart this morning that I have been so busy asking Him to help me: get my homework done, do a good job, learn what I am suppose to learn, have energy, finish well etc., etc. Yet, in the midst of all this, in my quiet times alone with God in the mornings this week, He as been sprinkling in words like: slow
God Doesn't Love Us All The Same, by Nina Guilbeau
Janine Harris never really thought about homeless people. She barely even notices them as she passes them by on her way to work in downtown Washington D.C. All Janine can focus on is the shambles of her own young life, afraid that she will never be able to get past the painful mistakes she has made. However, all of that changes on a snowy evening in December when Janine unexpectedly finds herself alone with Vera, an old, homeless woman who seems to need her help. Now Janie wants to know what could have possibly happened to Vera to leave her so broken and alone.
As Vera shares her life story with Janine, the two women form an unusual bond and begin a journey that changes both of their lives forever. Reluctantly, they each confront their own past and, in the process, discover the true meaning of sacrifice, family and love. Although to truly move forward in their lives, they must fast the most difficult challenge of all – forgiving themselves.
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