Becoming Virtuous
A blog sharing my thoughts on life and what God is teaching me
Category: Christian Life
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If I’m honest, I didn’t really feel like celebrating Christmas this year. The last month has been emotionally rough, culminating with our dog dying last week. In light of it all, I just didn’t feel like I had the energy to celebrate, and doing so in the wake of so much pain seemed wrong. But…
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Identity. Who am I? Does anyone else catch themselves asking this question on a regular basis? Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes I wonder how much of what I do, and who I perceive myself to be, is me trying to appease the people around me? Or how much of what I do is learned…
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This time of year is when I typically will post a fall un-appreciation post. But this year is different. God has been working on me hardcore this year. (Honestly, He probably has been for many years, I’m only just now starting to be more receptive to it. ) At the beginning of this year, He…
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“Remember, His yoke is easy and His burden is light. If it doesn’t feel that way, maybe you’re carrying something you shouldn’t be carrying.” A nugget of wisdom from my boss after my coworker and I shared how stressed we’ve been recently. Let me tell you, it convicted and encouraged me. I hope it can…
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Do you ever feel trapped and haunted by your past? Like you’ve sought to grow and change, but the people around you can’t seem to let go of the shortcomings of your youth? They are unable (or unwilling) to see the maturation in your life? It feels like you’re trying to “bury the hatchet” (to…
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Have you ever felt like you failed at something, and it left you utterly crushed? I certainly have. And because of a false mindset it left me crushed for a very long time. This week I’ve been reading Switch by the Heath brothers as a school assignment. In the seventh chapter I came across this passage that intrigued me.…
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I had a little chuckle today over the phrase, “Preaching to the choir.” The reason I laughed was because of the false assumption imbedded in this phrase. Namely, that if you are in the choir, you have achieved perfection and can no longer be edified by the preaching of the Word. This assumption is ridiculous!…
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of house sitting a friends house. Looking back, it was fun, but at the time, I was scared. I had never done this before. But here I was, in charge of a house. And there was no one to protect me if someone broke in. 😉 This…
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Ever since the invention of the telephone and more recently, the Internet, communication has become much more easy and convenient. Thus gratifying our desire of instant gratification. Through the Internet, we have e-mail, forums, blogs, Facebook, and more recently, Skype. With these tools, we are able to converse with friends far away much quicker. Because…
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