If I ever lost my memory I don’t think the first person I’d call is a doctor. I think I would call my best friend, because I have this feeling she would know exactly where to begin. She wouldn’t sit me down and tell me my birthday or where I grew up. She’d tell me…
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I think people misunderstand overthinkingThey assume it’s a lack of trustThat if I ask the same question twice it’s because I don’t believe youOr that if I need reassurance, it’s because your words weren’t enough the first timeBut that’s never really been it The truth is my mind has spent years trying to get ahead…
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Hannah cried until she couldn’t eat.Naomi came home and stated grief had emptied her.Martha looked Jesus in the face and told him she wished He had come sooner.Mary Magdalene stood outside the tomb weeping because she thought Jesus was gone. These weren’t women without faith.They were women whose faith had to live inside circumstances they…
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Imagine getting to heaven and hearing:I never confused your anxiety for unbelief Imagine getting to heaven and hearing:I never misunderstood your survival for spiritual failure. Imagine getting to heaven and hearing:I never asked you to pretend you were okay. Imagine getting to heaven and hearing:I never measured your faith by how happy you were. Imagine…
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Being an overthinker feels like living in a house where the lights never turn off. Even at 2am the rooms in your mind stay lit. Each one echoing with what you should have said or what you could have done. Ringing with what might happen if you get it wrong again. You replay conversations like…
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