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Perseverance Part 8 – Persevering to Health

June 6, 2017 by Patti 4 Comments

Do you ever sense God speaking something to your heart and you’re left wondering what in the world He’s asking of you???

Several years ago, as I was reading my Bible, I felt the Lord whisper a phrase to my heart …

“Debbie, I want you to get your house in order.”

I don’t know about you, but as I read Scripture, sometimes God will speak something to my heart that at the time seems to come out of left field. Yet, it is often something so needed in the moment.

Huh God? What was that again?

“Get your house in order.”

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Perseverance Part 7 – Through Pain to Freedom

May 30, 2017 by Patti 27 Comments

She grins. She laughs. She tells a funny and they chuckle. Few know the pain beneath that smile. Click To Tweet

Here we are, at Part 7 in the 8-part series on Perseverance that myself and three talented friends have put together. This week I just so happen to get to spend time with these same friends when we get together for a meet up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I am so excited I can hardly wait. …

Perseverance Part 6 – Turn & Face the Changes

May 23, 2017 by Patti 17 Comments

Turn and Face the Changes

A lot of words have been written about change. Songs have been sung. Tears have been cried. And heels have been dug in. 😉

When change arrives, we have three choices. We can run from it. Or stubbornly try to resist it. But we always have the option to embrace it.

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Perseverance Part 5 – Wishing, Waiting, and Pursuing

May 16, 2017 by Patti 3 Comments

“Two years ago, my story of purpose, in the second part of my life, began when I walked through a set of glass, double doors for the last time. I left confident, full of hope and with dreams that seemed in my reach.” – Mary Geisen

No matter what season of life we’re in, most of us have hopes and dreams for the future don’t we? At least I hope we do because the Bible says in Proverbs 29:18 that without vision God’s people perish.

But what happens when the journey that God leads us on looks different than we’d imagined? And what happens when our purpose doesn’t seem to be coming to fruition? How do we keep from letting go of the dream that God has placed within us when we are in a long period of waiting?

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Perseverance Part 4 – The Sting of Rejection

May 9, 2017 by Patti 18 Comments

“. . . she gingerly picked up a dandelion and began to pluck its petals, one at a time. Ever so softly she whispered … “They love me, they love me not. They love me …. They love me not….” This continued until that bright yellow flower had no more petals to pull. Then she picked up the next dandelion and did the same thing, making a pile to one side of ‘they love me’, and to the other side a pile of ‘they love me not.’ “

“A silly childhood game to some,” says author Debbie Kitterman, “but to me, one that I so desperately depended upon to give my little girl self the assurance that she was loved and accepted by those around her.”

Have you ever experienced the sting of rejection?

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