Creative Sparks Posts

Worry and Concern Meet the God of Hope: Allegory Part 2

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Have you ever felt worry bubbling over inside your mind? Join me in this allegory revisited to see how two women, Worry and Concern, meet God.

"God has stripped away the layers and revealed to me the ways that worry has eaten at my heart." Bettie Gilbert

Shaking Off Numbness to Reach for Joy

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I don’t think I am alone in this fight to shake off numbness and reach for joy. And I don't want to become comfortable with this frozen feeling.

"What does it all mean? What is God trying to tell us? How are we called to live in the midst of all this?" Henri Nouwen

Good-Better-Best • Poetry Prompt

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Michael would sometimes lead a drill called Good-Better-Best, where participants give Good work for a specific period of time, then Better for a shorter period, then their Best for a brief spurt, maybe for only 10 seconds. I'll never know what those bursts felt like to him on his bad days. He smiled through it.