Tag: overcome
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The Power to Say No. The Willingness to Say Yes.
One of the most difficult aspects of depression is the lack of motivation or energy to take action on anything, whether routine or adventuresome. And then, there is the anxiety that slams me with overwhelming fear that it will all be a disaster and I’m better off – safer – not leaving my house. This…
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One Day After
Twenty-five years ago, on Valentine’s Day of all days, I opened the door of my barracks room to joke with my roommate, who I thought was jiggling the door handle. It wasn’t my roommate at the door. A male acquaintance forced his way into my room and made my life a living hell. The death…
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This Imperfect Life
We live in a broken world. I think I established the bleakness of our situation in my last post, so I won’t be going there again today. Jesus told us that in this broken world we would have trouble. He didn’t tell us not to worry because he would fix everything to our satisfaction. He…
Wisdom from the Trenches 