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Category: Emily P. Freeman

Emily P. Freeman

Even though I may feel unsafe and unacceptable, I am accepted in Christ.

acceptable, god, safety

Emily P. Freeman

There is no activity that is somehow more Christian than another. God looks at the heart, and that is the good part that Mary knew. he simply asks us to come as we are and to be willing, open to receive whatever he might have for us this day. That is what it means to live a graceful life.

Emily P. Freeman

I can’t prevent storms from coming, but I can decide not to invent my own.

Emily P. Freeman

When we believe that God expects us to try hard to become who Jesus wants us to be, we will live in that blurry, frustrating land of Should Be rather than trust in The One Who Is.

expectations, god

Emily P. Freeman

Sometimes that’s what prayer is–simply inviting God to join us where we actually are, not because He isn’t already here but because inviting Him reminds us it’s true.

christianity, god, prayer

Emily P. Freeman

But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.

failures, forgiveness

Emily P. Freeman

True belief is movement toward God even in the midst of confusion or frustration or fear.

belief, confusion, fear, frustration, god

Emily P. Freeman

Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you.

mind, recollect, truth

Emily P. Freeman

But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.

failures, forgiveness

Emily P. Freeman

True belief is movement toward God even in the midst of confusion or frustration or fear.

belief, confusion, fear, frustration, god

Emily P. Freeman

Picture a girl with her arms full of small packages, too many to hold all at once. When they topple and fall all around her, she stoops down and scoops them all back up, literally re-collecting all the gifts that are already hers. To set your mind is to recollect truth that already belongs to you.

mind, recollect, truth