Tag: christianity
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Are Trust Issues Really a Lack of Faith?
By Lisa S. Tarno I came by some liberating information today that finally made sense to me. Let me begin with admitting that I have had trust issues certainly with people and for good cause, but I admit with God as well. I have had well meaning Christian friends say to me, “You just need…
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Gaining A Heart Of Wisdom
By Lisa S. Tarno “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12 When we were young we didn’t give much thought to this because so much of life was presumably ahead of us. That’s the folly of youth because no one is ever guaranteed a tomorrow whether…
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Parallels That Apply To Life
By Lisa S. Tarno Fight or flight episode #I lost count: I just went in for a seemingly simple derm procedure to remove a cancerous spot on my face. I didn’t have fear because I had this done on my shoulder 20 years ago. Sun spots happen living in the sun…. but…yesterday was a little fear…
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Fathoming God’s Great Love
By Lisa S. Tarno It’s been over a year that I have prayed in earnest, “Help me Lord to be firmly rooted, grounded and established in your love for me and to comprehend it, as it is hard to comprehend, but help me comprehend this love so I can be filled to the fullness of…
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Accepting What Is!
By Lisa S. Tarno I have prayed for some time now that God would fill me full of His grace and enable me to accept what is. It’s part of my prayer strategy to encase myself in a Galinda (from Wicked) like bubble of grace with all my interactions with people to just bounce off of…
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How Well Do We Really Trust Him?
By Lisa S. Tarno When life presses in hard to the point of extracting tears with something so innocuous… it’s a warning. We file our painful moments away in our bodies and minds so that we can cope but our bodies don’t forget. Along comes a trigger that reveals there are areas of deeper unhealed…
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Coincidence Or Not?
By Lisa S. Tarno Do you believe in coincidence? That was the question on the table at our bookclub last night. As a believer in Christ, I think there is less coincidence out there than there is purpose and intention. That is my short answer. I wanted to give this some more thought than how…
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Wisdom And Perspective
By Lisa S. Tarno “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” James 1:5 In my last blog, The Season of Whoa!, I spoke of bundled hardships that weighed heavily on my heart and mind. Life is like…
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The Spiritual Redirect, Intent & Set
By Lisa S. Tarno Some of this blog article information comes from a great podcast I was listening to at the gym today from Mel Robbins, entitled: “How to Control Your Mind & Redirect Your Energy to Self Transformation” It was chock-full of great insights from professionals in neuroscience and psychology. I will make mention…
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A Splash Of Blessing
By Lisa S. Tarno I was mentally exhausted by some of the people in my life who would suck the life energy out of me if I let them. I approached my quiet time in God’s Word with reluctance because where I was studying, the book of Numbers, I doubted there would be anything refreshing…
A Write Way to Think 