Tag: freedom
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the merimna

Let me introduce you to the merimna. This creature feeds on insecurity and its belly echoes the voices that have spoken condemnation over our lives. Negative words. Cruel words. You know the sort I mean. The ones that tear holes in our God-given identity until we are threadbare. Like the enemy himself, the merimna can…
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grace and freedom

I’d forgotten how to breathe. Shallow intakes were all I seemed to have time for and I had to intentionally fill my lungs and slowly exhale. My nerve endings felt exposed, my stomach knotted, and it was all I could do not to cry. The New Year usually holds the magic of new beginnings for…