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This is a blog about stories—God's stories. After all, God is in the details, right? Yes, what an awful Christianese cliché. Yet there is truth in that statement, cliché or not. Because He is the creator of every person on Earth and has divinely connected each of us together, God is present even in the finer minutia of our days and weeks. Not a second passes without our Heavenly Father taking notice. If we watch very closely and listen, we will see and hear God's tools at work—even in the everyday.
While He is saving a soldier from flying shrapnel on a battlefield across the world, He is also whispering words into your ear for that friend sitting across the table from you. While He keeps a rickety airplane aloft so a missionary family can reach a remote village in Africa, He is also directing your heavy heart to the coffee shop where the barista will make you smile. His reach is infinite and His adoration for us is boundless. He will care for us and supply all our needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).
Catiana Nak Kheiyn is the webmaster and editor of Blogos and regularly teaches other young writers through tutoring and workshops. She is currently publishing a serial novella at EnterTheMirror.com. When Catiana is not writing or hanging out with teens, she loves spending time with her family—a mountain man, an adorable little girl and boy, and two socially awkward cats.
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How quickly we forget how God blesses us through our wounds. How quickly we replace the beauty He's shown us with the ugly realities we wrap around ourselves because at least the pain is familiar and knowable. God's magic is something we're terrified to believe in; maybe because if it's real, it can be lost.
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While Pinterest is a handy, visually appealing way to keep track of information you want to access later, those who delve too deeply may find themselves coveting and missing out on what is right in front of them (Luke 12:15). We construct virtual houses around what we wish we could be—things we want, desire, or make us happy, but we can never become the people we create.
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The Enemy delights in tainting our efforts with various abominable adventures—like during AWANA nights for me. He is keen to carve at our patience during the most stressful times. Is perseverance even possible, and is it worth losing our sanity?
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Each parent must make their own personal decision about whether or not to allow their kids to believe in Santa Claus; they should do what they feel is right for their family. We've decided to keep it truly real, and this is why.
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Colossians 3:2 says to set our minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. God is calling us to trust and follow Him, not to try to understand why life's rainstorms happen. So why do we keep worrying?
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Sometimes we'll do anything to try and change a person, but only the Holy Spirit has the ability to truly change a heart (John 14:26). God has granted freedom for us to make our own choices—whether digging ourselves a metaphorical grave or climbing out of it. Who are we to think we can make anyone choose anything?
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Is it possible to take October 31 back for God? Halloween is a day that celebrates darkness and encourages greed, but perhaps we can take the light of God's love and shine it into the shadows. This is how our family has taken on this night and exchanged darkness for the powerful light of Christ.
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The Bible says that our strength comes from the Lord. "[He] is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped..." (Psalm 28:7) That's all well and good, but when God is in Heaven and we're here on Earth, how do we access His strength?
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In a society desperate to rebel, is there any chance that people could be attracted to the good God offers? The recent success of Christian artist tobyMac's album, Eye On It, is a startling sign that the secular world wants desperately to hope for something more.
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When we feel joy, do we first turn within, to external things, or to God? There are so many other things in the world to delightfully distract. Rather than seeking external explanations for that warm, fuzzy feeling, practicing perspective may help us tune in to the reason we experience joy at all.
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Is your heart of darkness too deep for God to reach? Believe it or not, God can use the murky walks of our lives to prove His glorious nature and power. Our wickedness is never too evil for Jesus to overcome and transform into light.
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Sorrow is still sorrow, even if we know that God is bringing us something good. The hard part is not knowing what that good thing is, right? Or is there beauty in the waiting?
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