Listen with your heart

“We love him, because he first loved us.”  -1 John 4:19 As Valentine’s day approaches I am reminded of my first love.   A teenager in love can be a dreamy disaster.  I was elated.  The very idea that someone liked me for me, skin condition and all was inconceivable .  My thoughts raced to him every morning.  He was…

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I traded weeping for Joy

“Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5 It is so hard to talk about the past when there are family secrets that seem to betray someone love.   You could never love them more and not a fraction less.  You love them with all your heart despite their mistakes.   As a child I…

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