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Change of heart1 comment

gracestories wrote 1 month ago: Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.  They have mouths, but they speak no … more →

Tags: Addiction, breaking the control of sin through Christ, control of sin, false gods, gods vs God, How can I overcome my addictions?, How can I overcome my idols?, living for God, living for gods

Pockets

gracestories wrote 1 month ago: Shallow pocket I’d never been to daycare before. I was about 4. My mom dropped me off at the d … more →

Tags: Pockets, missing someone, missing a best friend, missing a boyfriend, missing someone you love, long distance relationships, missing God, Is there anything good about missing someone?, pocket metaphor

A real knight

gracestories wrote 1 month ago: We’ve heard, haven’t we girls, about the knight in shining armor? I thought I knew a lit … more →

Tags: Love, '1 Corinthians 13', Romance, Knight, What is authentic love?, What does real romance look like?, story of romance

Learning from Ben

gracestories wrote 1 month ago: Ben is more than the man who takes me out on dates and pays the ticket.  He’s more even than a … more →

Tags: falling in-love, learning from my boyfriend, learning from a mentor

"Holding out for a Hero"1 comment

gracestories wrote 2 months ago: I used to think Bonnie Tyler had it just about exactly right. In fact, for my first anything-like-se … more →

Tags: Holding Out For A Hero, expectations for a man, Prince Charming, making men into gods, fall of eve, romance for a believer, Bonnie Tyler, worshipping men, worshipping relationships

To be loved

gracestories wrote 2 months ago: To be loved is the most spectacular thing.  Which is why I love Jesus so much. We love because God f … more →

I heard you say you love me.

gracestories wrote 3 months ago: I heard you say you love me when you gave me your jacket when I was cold. I heard you say you love m … more →

Tags: God's Love, I heard you say you love me, I heard you say you love me when, Acts of Love, Courtship, how to treat a girl, How to be a knight, a Christian perspective on dating, loving a woman in dating

Diva-ness

gracestories wrote 4 months ago: From a young age I would prepare for my career in television.  I don’t remember my original sc … more →

Tags: divaness, god/dess, Eve's Sin, Why do women want so much attention?, longing to be a diva, Why do women talk so much?

On trips & true love

gracestories wrote 4 months ago: I posted this first version of this on facebook after my return trip from Pennsylvania (where Ben li … more →

On beauty & grace . . and alligators

gracestories wrote 4 months ago: I won a “Miss America” Pageant. Granted, it was a small GA’s (Baptist girls’ … more →

Tags: Grace, feeling unwanted, Beauty, dressing up for a Pageant, pretend pageants, longing to be beautiful, Longing for Beauty, Why do women want to look younger?, Why do women spend so much money on cosmetics?

To be pursued1 comment

gracestories wrote 6 months ago: There is one scene in chick flicks I could watch over and over and over again. Ok, there are a lot o … more →

Tags: Chick Flicks, watching chick flicks, The Pursued, wanting to be pursued, longing to be pursued, The Pursuit, a girl's heart, longing to be wanted, longing to be chased after

The I-love-you message.

gracestories wrote 8 months ago: I love mail.  So much so that, during a lonelier time in my life, I responded to sweepstakes and eve … more →

Tags: Does God love me, am i loved, I Love You, Hallmark Cards, Feeling Loved, Greeting cards, greeting cards that express love, wanting to receive a card, power of cards

The cloak & the rain1 comment

gracestories wrote 8 months ago: One particularly cold morning from back in my college days seems to be ingrained in my brain.  Our p … more →

Tags: cloak, Renaissance Fair, giving a coat to someone, guys giving coats, guys giving jackets, giving a cloak

Everything

gracestories wrote 9 months ago: God in my living, there in my breathing, God in my waking, God in my sleeping. God in my resting, th … more →

Tags: Everything, tim hughes, forgiven of much, unnamed woman who wiped Jesus' feet with her hair, pouring perfume on Jesus' head, God is there, God is present

The favorite thing about my trip to Guatemala . . .1 comment

gracestories wrote 10 months ago: Meeting my sponsored child in Guatemala. The one & only Helen. Favorite thing about my trip, han … more →

Tags: favorite thing about my trip to Guatemala, falling in love with God

Party time!

gracestories wrote 11 months ago: “My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I … more →

Tags: The Joy of Jesus, Party Time!, Hannah's prayer of praise, Hannah's worship

Hannah’s Prayer

gracestories wrote 11 months ago: In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord. (1 Samuel 1:10, NIV) Sometimes we wou … more →

Tags: will God hear my prayer, hannah's prayer, pouring out prayer, giving our needs and wants to God, going before the altar of God, Will God answer my prayer in the way I want?, wholehearted devotion to the Lord, Am I praying the way I should be?, Am I praying in the right way?

Peninnah

gracestories wrote 11 months ago: Peninnah, her [Hannah’s] rival, would torment and humiliate her, because the Lord had kept her child … more →

Tags: Bitterness, Pennninah, Hannah, women becoming bitter, problems with bitterness, excuses for bitterness, What does God think of bitterness?

The number one challenge

gracestories wrote 11 months ago: “That’s the number one challenge: getting over the idea that there’s nothing we ca … more →

Tags: Hoping for Compassion, Abortion, Jesus is the light of the world, Slavery, poverty, Apathy, Sex Trafficking, Christianity in Action, illiteracy


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