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Eriel is a passionate Christ follower. She loves to read, journal, write poetry, and spend quality time with her family.
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tredding through mud– trusting flowers will grow– yes, they come and go but o’ the days when petals and poppies adorned me– can you recall days when cold winds cracked your soil? can you feel the crisp, or have you forgotten your answered prayer list? Spirit and Wind are the same. who can limit God’s…
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Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.[c] 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.5 God is within her, she will not…
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Edward Wimberly, the author of Recalling Our Own Stories: Spiritual Renewal for Religious Caregivers, proposes that religious caregivers can find spiritual replenishment by identifying personal myths in their lives. He asserts that, “Personal myths have their roots in the way we cognitively organize our thinking as we interpret reality. They also have theoretical roots in…
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behind heaven’s gates, my Lover stands. His chest broad, His hands pillows stuffed with tomorrow’s promise. his eyes, a fresh fall morning– the dew, a clear compass to Peace. no cup of tea is stronger than words pouring from His lips; His thoughts about me are tender. His palms are roadmaps to lost dreams, and…
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“She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshipping God with fasting and prayer.” – Luke 2:37 NLT. If you have read Luke 2 and glanced over the mention of Anna the prophet, you are just like me– in a hurry to encounter the Messiah for myself. But today, I read Luke…
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Who is more thoughtful than You? Who has more heart than You? Can the oceans search Your Kingdom? Can the stars outshine You? Who is able to compare to You? Who is able to love like You do? Who is able to feel like You feel? Can a man satisfy his own heart? Can a…
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“Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover” – Hosea 3:1 i plundered through the riches of God’s grace before i sought His Son’s face, but, still, He responded and allowed me in His space. i pray to be patient and kind, but, still, i am blind to what…
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I remember being the life of the party before the actual party started: pregames with mi amigos con Casamigos! Fireball, BuzzBallz, and blunt rotations. Pregame was a part of my “getting-ready” routine! Partying was my way of convincing myself I wasn’t broken since I cleaned shot glasses with my best friends. We thought we were…
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sodom and sore i craved intimacy since Frank Ocean’s “Thinking Bout You” and divorce papers on marble islands. so, i took advantage of 2019, awakened hell— young and unsure if heaven was a place for me— my proclivity was controlled personalities, fantasies, and fornication. I imagined the angel, Death, was among us, naturally, i was…
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The Lord Jesus graced me to be a philosophy major because he wanted me to show you something: I was fine before I had Jesus. I knew what I wanted, and I flaunted what I had! I worried about losing at life, but other than that, I was confident I could become like everyone else!…
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Love this, Eriel! Beautifully written. Praise God 🙌🏾
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