Category: depression
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things to love 🌹
I’ve been feeling lonely lately. I decided to make myself a list.Things I loveHomemade bread 🍞Crunching through Fall leavesNuts <except walnuts–they make. My mouth hurtFirst snow ❄️❄️ rare hereTaxes done , good feelingChristmas lightsHot drinks in the morning 🌄Dishwasher running in a quiet houseWiped off countersMaking snowflakesGetting through something hard and realizing I like myself […]
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Experienced, kind, and wise 💐
“I was always upset about my circumstances. I wanted God to change them for me, and I wanted Him to change the people around me too. But then He showed me that I needed to work on changing my inner life before I could expect real change in my outer life. “Matthew 6:33 (NLT) says, […]
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Loneliness 💐
I bless my lonely life. It is teaching me to go deep with You Yahweh. You are the God who sees me. And btw … thank you for cats. mysterious and solitary, they can be happy anywhere. They have this cozy “zone” inside of them– curl up in a ball, close their eyes and be […]
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How we roll🌼
I was thinking about this with Jesus this morning.I want to be like this in my relationships. You know?OpenTrustingNo defense Because that’s how I rollNot because the world is perfectly safe That’s how I can be impregnable, unassailable, undefeated.
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Stayontarget!
Remember that scene from Star wars The empire fights back where they’re trying to get a shot off into the heart of the death Star? All these pilots are crashing and burning and dying and the leader keeps saying stay on target 🎯🎯🎯 then Luke finally gets a shot off I was reminded of that […]
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Early morning chutzpah 🌼🌸💮🏵🌼🌸
Girlfriends asleep Family asleep Hubby asleep Dogs asleep Quiet house Flu-like autoimmune symptoms Already slept off my sleep aid Maxed~out on ibuprofen and Tylenol for today Here I am Jesus: it’s just me and You. I need You; that’s flat. I remember others who are wakeful at 3am: inmate who is stuck with the choices […]
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Boot camp for my brain
I opened my Youversion app to read the Bible today.So sad and beleaguered, you guys! Rough, loooong night with health stuff. I tend to get suicidal when my MS is acting up, so I go to the Bible extra hardcore at those times. Even before I start to think in the morning. Knee jerk I’m […]
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Things to love
The sound of an air plane buzzing in the distance Smell of baking bread Homemade tacos, any kind Fortune cookies after Chinese food My husband’s bald head and friendly smile Shakespeare and Hathaway, on BBC Celery, english toffee, dry fall leaves, corn chips, dry snow…crunchy things Cups of fragrant, steaming tea The smell of new […]