Category: Encouragement
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This Time Is Different…
By Lisa S. Tarno I recently shared about a time in my thirties when friends were moving away left and right and even though I had three kids and a husband, I felt the sting of loneliness. I remember as I struggled through that time talking with God about the ridiculousness of the coincidence of…
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Resilience
By Lisa S. Tarno I was greeted by a beautiful surprise this morning in my backyard, a blossom on my Argentine Toothpick Cactus. I made sure to take a photo. This picture is one of many that perfectly illustrate resilience. The beautiful blossom bloomed in the very midst of needles on the cactus. I read…
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Do You Have The Infrastructure For Health And Vitality?
By Lisa S. Tarno I love when an author says something that hits me between the eyes. Susie Larson did it again within her book, “Fully Alive”. God had revealed to her in her times of praying for healing that if He healed her today, she’d lose it the next day because as He impressed…
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What We Rehearse, We Remember…
By Lisa S. Tarno I’m reading Susie Larson’s “Fully Alive” book/study and in the life reflection part she writes, “What we rehearse we remember, and what we remember we live from. She goes on to ask “What core belief stands in the way of your flourishing?” There are so many directions this answer can take.…
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Can We Forgive Someone And Still Feel Disgust For Them?
By Lisa S. Tarno The question within the question would be does the feeling of loathing, extreme dislike, or disgust negate the reality of actually forgiving someone? Some may legalistically say that our feelings would betray us and we never truly forgave….is that true? Some may say that our feelings are our feelings absent of…
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We’re All Just One Hormone Away From…
By Lisa S. Tarno Have you ever heard the saying, “But for the grace of God, there go I…”? Fun Fact, believe it or not it is not found in the Bible. It’s actually attributed to a man named John Bradford in 1553 who apparently said it after seeing criminals on their way to being…
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Finding Refuge Or Escape?
By Lisa S. Tarno In my faith we are metaphorically encouraged to find refuge under God’s wings. (Psalm 36:7) What this looks like actually is a hush over my whirling mind and thoughts that are counter productive and a settling of my spirit to really take it in that…in this frenzied, scary moment…God is control.…
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Eternity Is More Important Than Dislike For The Church
By Lisa S. Tarno Sadly, I have met too many people who are dissatisfied or uninterested in the Christian church experience. I hear the all too familiar statement that the church is full of hypocrites, to others who have been hurt and scarred by their experience. All I can say is that, unfortunately, I understand. …
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Managing Expectations In Life
By Lisa S. Tarno I think I have a new revelation on managing expectations in life better so as to also manage disappointments in kind. Expectations or anticipations set us up for something hopeful and good, but when they are not met as we perceive them in our mind’s eye, disappointment invariably occurs. Instead I…
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Stare At God; Glance At Our Lives
By Lisa S. Tarno Learning to stare at God and glance at our lives is a great teaching method authored by Kristi McClelland to approach studying the Bible with a Middle Eastern lens opposed to our Western lens. I’m thoroughly enjoying her study right now called “Jesus & Women: In The First Century And Now”…
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