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#JournalThoughts: On Beauty

By Eyvonne On May 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

I’m working on a new personal definition of beauty.

Beauty: That which reflects the creativity, nature, or character of God.

I will be looking for beauty this weekend, kind friends.

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Suspended between suffering and glory

By Eyvonne On May 14, 2013 · 7 Comments

I lean up against his cubicle wall as he glances my way and says, “You look like you don’t have a care in the world.”

What he sees on the outside is so different from what I’m experiencing on the inside I don’t know how to respond.

How can I tell him that in [...]

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Stop trying to please God

By Eyvonne On May 12, 2013 · 12 Comments

She says it over a cup of coffee in a long conversation about life, love, and faith. “I just want to make choices that please God.”

I feel a hesitation deep within and I want to tell her no, to explain the path she’s taking doesn’t lead where she really wants to go. But [...]

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Finding faith, all over again

By Eyvonne On May 5, 2013 · 23 Comments

I watched the hotel breakfast room fill with people as I finished my morning meal. Seats were becoming scarce and two kind faces asked to share my table, followed by a third. We all sat together and began introductions.

“I have the best job in the world,” the woman to my [...]

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Coming out of the dark

By Eyvonne On May 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment

For you who have battled the long dark of self-hate, addiction or depression and have emerged triumphant, every day is a victory. You have stepped into the light — enjoy its warmth with gratitude. You are an inspiration.

For you in the in-between shadows where light only reminds you of your present [...]

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Victory, perseverance, and real beauty

By Eyvonne On April 28, 2013 · 10 Comments

There were dark days. Days when we didn’t know if she would make it. Days when we didn’t know if she wanted to make it. We prayed and cried and wrung our hands and prayed some more.

And today, when the crowd hushes as the national anthem plays it hits me, “This is a holy [...]

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On Spiritual Narcissism

By Eyvonne On April 25, 2013 · 4 Comments

At times I wonder if all my effort toward spiritual growth is narcissism. Sometimes I focus so intently on my own spiritual improvement, the object of all of my affections becomes me. And instead growing closer to God and others, the path continual personal introspection leads to a life of isolation, inward [...]

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