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first place

Published on November 5, 2020October 24, 2020 by Dawn MarieLeave a comment

Photo courtesy of unsplash, James Coleman.

I want to put my Rosary Beads

in the first place,

as David his stones

in his haversack,

to conquer all my Goliaths.

Fr. Jozo Zovko

In times of darkness, holding the rosary is like holding Mary’s hand.

hugs n’ blessings for holding your Mother’s hand.

weight of worry

Published on November 4, 2020November 9, 2020 by Dawn Marie4 Comments

Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.

Proverbs 12:25 NLT

Have you ever worn ankle weights at the gym? Suddenly even a task like walking takes extra effort. When considering your worries, picture yourself as a person with ankle weights who has never worked out. Worry does nothing but add heaviness to your life. When you take into consideration that we are called to run a race, it is significantly more difficult to run with our ankles carrying weights. The solution seems to be right in this verse, but sometimes we find ourselves in seasons where an encouraging word from the outside seems scarce.

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