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My Life is Not Mine Own

Stories and reflections from The Bold Messpresso.

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12 stories

A person holding a warm cup

Prayer & reflection

A New Chapter of The Prayer Journal

Recently I have regained inspiration to pursue writing to God in a prayer journal, and just journaling in general.

Broken brown eggshells on a white surface

Grief & healing

Why It’s Okay to be Fragile

In a world that tells women that they need to be strong, independent and busy, there is hardly any room for fragility. Being delicate and nearing a broken state is something that is to be avoided,…

Green bushes in a desert landscape

Faith & trust

A Coffee Drinking Israelite

“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not…

Waves rolling onto the shore

Faith & trust

Let the Waves Wash Over You

I would love to spend time on a beach again, as it has been years since I have. There are few things more relaxing than hearing the sound of the waves hitting the shoreline, and then…

A broken white plate on a wooden floor

Grief & healing

Good God and Good Grief?

Before the age of 35, I had only attended three funerals. The first two` I was between 7 and 10 years old, with the third funeral taking place when I was around 17. Two were for…

Faith & trust

Longing

How is it that life can seem to go by so fast, and yet seem to take forever, all at the same time? It kind of reminds me of some of those sci-fi movies that Jeremy…

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