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Selfless Example

by Cheryl · In: Blog, Comfort · on Apr 16, 2019

The fact that Jesus emptied and limited Himself when He came to earth, makes me wonder exactly how much the human part of Him grasped the extent of His imminent suffering. Jesus eagerly desired to save the world, but as the end drew near, as Jesus talked to His Father in a garden reminiscent of the one where the first Adam hid from His Father, as Jesus prepared to absorb in His sinless body all the sins of the world, all the wrath of His Father… His heart picked up, His hands trembled, blood-red beads of sweat awakened the raw …

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My Big, Fat, Powerful Tongue!

by Cheryl · In: Blog, Transformation · on Oct 22, 2012

My Bible Study leader looked at us.  “Ok, so we’re going to share prayer requests and praises.  Cheryl?” I began, “Hmm… Well, last week I had a mastectomy….” Everybody gasped. I gasped. Heat rushed to my face. “Ah – you meant to say ‘mammogram,’ right?”  The leader glanced at my chest. “Yes, mammogram!” I said, whacking myself on the head.  “Well, they both start with m.” I snorted, then everybody lost it. Only Two Kinds of Mistakes The incident reminded me how there are really only two kinds of slips or mistakes:  Mistakes of human denseness (innocent blips like my …

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Beside My Cross

by Cheryl · In: Blog, Encouragement · on Apr 23, 2011

  In truth, be rooted in Easter Love today, light and free as a tree bud, purposed and held together by Divine dwelling in your small, simple swelling. You’re your Branch’s crowning hope-jewel, Heaven’s waving, waiting, merry-making tool. The Easter Seed broke to tell your glory story, singing you to fullness, clothing you in new, death-defying nature, securing all you could ever want to be, simply, in Me.   Nothing speaks of our potential and value to God like the cross. The cross is why we have a glory story. Because of Christ’s sacrifice, we can wholly lean into grace, …

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