Love identifies the “spies” of the negative voices

June 28, 2011

And so we have a war underway. It’s a Love War, no bullets, but love. No casualties – except stupid negative voices that hold us back. And to really “get” this Love War you need to know what this is… If you’ve never seen this before – please click here – and my sticky note […]

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Love says, “Forgiven, now go…”

June 27, 2011

source So many times when Our Lord healed someone he then told them to get up and do something, … pick up your stretcher, and go home. (MT 9:6) …Go in peace and be cured… (MK 5:34) …Go show yourselves to the priests… (LK 17:14) This Love War against the negative voices that steal so […]

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Love studies the art of war

June 24, 2011

Do you feel like giving up? Do you feel like no matter what you do things aren’t going to change? Do you feel you’re alone in your battles? You shouldn’t! Things will! And You aren’t! Even if your fight isn’t against “negative voices”… I know you’re fighting something. Anyway… Here’s the new addition to the […]

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Love is anti-negative inner voices

June 23, 2011

The post-y notes have begun their takeover on my wall. This is part two of the “anti-negative voice posty notes strategy” part one is here – it’s a really good place to start. It’s a little oppressive this gathering of negative thoughts. In order to herd them together like this I have to listen closely […]

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Love admits failure, admits weakness, shows (meh) vulnerability

June 22, 2011

This is precisely where writing with a mask on would come in handy. source But this is the year that I have named “connect” and the mask needs to stay off. But keeping the mask off means being seen as vulnerable – and maybe weak. Maybe the last thing any man wants is to be […]

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Love fires the first shot in the Love War against negative voices

June 21, 2011

source For me it started with one word… I heard it after a night where I must have woken more than 20 times in a six-hour period. It was one of those nights. Each time I desperately wanted to fall back to sleep, but my body resisted – hard. The waking was out of my […]

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Love says thank you 1,000 times (#’s 381- 400)

June 20, 2011

source # 381 … that heaven will never be uninteresting, uneventful, or uninspiring. # 382 … for this new habit of intentionally listing thank you’s for Your Mercies ever new – even the horrid little crucibles of life. I heart this new habit. # 383 … that You are so impossibly forgiving and loving. # […]

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