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  • The War of Wills

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    We’ve all said it. We’ve sung it in worship songs and whispered it in the quiet of a difficult season: “Not my will, but Yours be done.” It sounds holy. It feels right. But if we’re being honest, how often is that prayer actually a negotiation? Most of us are perfectly happy for God’s will…

  • Mercy on the Shower Floor: When Selective Hearing Ends

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    Deborah Seale
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    We spend a lifetime building filters. We curate the parts of God we are willing to hear, leaning into the “sweetness” of His encouragement while politely nodding past His correction. We want the comfort of the Church Pew without the confrontation of the Cross. But eventually, the filters fail. Eventually, the soul finds itself on…

  • The one letter

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    Deborah Seale
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    Have you noticed that there is only one letter between hear and heart? I heard that what’s in your heart determines what you hear. The more I thought about that, the more that could go both ways really. What you hear can determine what’s in your heart. Do you listen to good stuff or bad…

  • When the key becomes a weight

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    Deborah Seale
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    When I got my first car, I was in my mid-twenties. I didn’t understand how the key turned in an ignition made the car start, I just knew it did. And then I had my keychain, and with this keychain, I soon had more keys to add to it.  The more keys I had, the…

  • Its Sunday

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    Deborah Seale
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    Goodness, it has been a rough few weeks. When our loved ones pass on into eternity, it is never an easy thing. It doesn’t matter how much we can give ourselves pep talks and tell ourselves we are ready. We are prepared. In reality, no, we are not. There is that thing called grief. And…