Temptations will come whether we invite them or not. But each time we reject a temptation we hand the dark side a defeat, and we strengthen the light side of our coin.
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Hell HQ
with Christ, our greatest trials can be made into our greatest strengths, and Satan’s greatest victims can be transformed into his most powerful foes.
Two Sides to a Coin
Heaven will often balance their trauma with extraordinary visions and manifestations from the Light. Anything a survivor might share about either type of experience is rarely believed by loved ones, therapists, or even their clergy.
Rocking Chairs and God
Not much good comes from comparing ourselves to others. We are either lifting ourselves above another to feel “better,” or demeaning ourselves below another to feel that we are not enough.
Meeting Jesus Christ and the Universe
If Christ is real, then there is hope.
Shame Begets Shame: My Babysitting Experience
The dark side is adept at twisting humility into self-loathing and shame. They shame us after hurting us, they urge us to make missteps and then shame us when we do.
The Unseen Battle
Not much good comes from comparing ourselves to others. We are either lifting ourselves above another to feel “better,” or demeaning ourselves below another to feel that we are not enough.
The Abrahamic Trial, pt 3: Freedom in the Fishbowl
I heard two men outside of the padded cell. One fiddled with some keys, the lock clicked, and the large metal door swung open.
Lessons From My Thumb
Opposition. Knowing we came to earth to experience it doesn’t provide much solace when we’re confronting it.
God Loves Broken Things, Pt 3
We each chose to follow Mother Eve into Satan’s fallen, painful world. We knew for a time we would forget our true selves and be captive to pain and possible abuse. Why would we chose this? Why would God allow it?