Tag: jesus
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Changing The Narrative…
By Lisa S. Tarno Do you ever hear how you are answering someone’s question and think even as you are speaking, “I’m depressing myself over this answer!” ? How do we script our lives better to answer questions about things we’d rather not talk about? I mean, we do want to be honest, but honestly,…
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MYOB
By Lisa S. Tarno When I write or speak or teach, I am transparent and as real as possible. I shared with a class last fall that to mitigate unwanted feelings of comparison, a trap I feel the enemy uses quite well, I was going to limit my time on social media especially during the…
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A Word From The Word
By Lisa S. Tarno It’s been a year! How do I mean that? Good? Bad? In totality both. I have been hyper focused on health and injury stuff because I’ve had to be. Normally, I am a go-to-the-doctor-once-a-year for the free physical but this year has been excessive for me with alarm bells going off…
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Dealing With Our Grief By Finding Hope In God
By Lisa S. Tarno Getting the news that she died last week sent shock waves through our mom community! My initial response was visceral and I let out an audible cry of disbelief! I had been praying for (her) and especially with her emergency surgery. I looked back at our text messages and the prayers…
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The Best Beauty Secret
By Lisa S. Tarno “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai carrying two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, he didn’t know that the skin of his face glowed [had become radiant] [shining with a unique radiance] because he had been speaking with God.” Exodus 34:29 NLT, AMP & MSG translations I will…
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The Waiting Room
By Lisa S. Tarno Confession: I don’t like the waiting rooms of life! I’m not just referring to a doctor’s office but the figurative waiting rooms. This reflection is right in the moment, wrestling with God’s timing, and super frustrated….because, c’mon God…seriously? This has just become RIDICULOUS! I mean, I know God is in control…
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Can We Really Live Without Expectations?
By Lisa S. Tarno A friend of mine keeps coaching me to live free of having expectations on anyone, but in particular a relationship that is taking up a lot of emotional energy as of late, I hear what she says and it sounds like a good action plan but I admit it hasn’t fully…
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What Are You Being Known FOR?
“Watch out for the Christian who spends more time telling you what she is against rather than what she is for.” ~ Kristi Mclelland
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Note To Self: We Still Have Hope!
By Lisa S. Tarno I love to be gobsmacked with revelation in scripture! Author and teacher, Kristi Mclelland pointed out something I have completely overlooked in the Bible. In the book of Luke, chapter 4:14-21 Jesus is reading from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and recited chapter 61 but left out the latter portion…
A Write Way to Think 