jessa

Reflections on becoming

Life

  • The weight of sadness

    I’ve been told countless times (from the books I’ve read) that your body tells you first the things your mind can’t make sense of yet. So if you’ve been feeling a lot heavy these days, you might begin to ask yourself whether sadness is growing inside of you but you just decided to dismiss it. Read more


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  • When sudden tragedy strikes

    The better way to start this is with a story from the Hebrew Bible. 1 Samuel 30:1-6 AMP1 Now it happened when David and his men came [home] to Ziklag on the third day, [they found] that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev (the South country) and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Read more


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  • Through the eyes of bitterness

    For the past few weeks now, we were taught at church about how bitterness takes root in our hearts and grow. As it says in Hebrews 12:15 NLT: Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to Read more


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  • When fear keeps you awake at night

    Going to bed becomes daunting; sleeping, dreadful. Yes, there are different kinds of fear. And often, those you do not see are the ones that can strike you the most. From Life is in the Transitions: But not all fearful situations are as clear cut as staring into the eyes of a four-hundred-pound predator. Many Read more


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  • Perhaps we like the way things were

    Do you like change? There are times I do, and there are times that I just want to be where I want to be. How about you? I may not know your response now, but surely, you already know that things don’t always continue. As much as you want them to remain the same. But Read more


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