Tag: Christ

• Made Good Enough

  

  Throughout my life, I have struggled with the belief I am just not good enough. I felt if I worked really hard, maybe I could be. These lies have permeated multiple areas of my life: school, work, relationships. When I was in high school, college, and even graduate school, I had an incessant need to…

  homegrownjournal

  September 7, 2022

  2022, September 2022, Storytellers

  achieve, achieve goals, achievement, Amber Ennis, bad relationships, broken marriage, Casey Ennis, cheating, Cheating husband, cheating husband signs, cheating partner, Child, child support, child's imagination, Child's sickness, children's therapy, Christ, Chromosome, Chromosome 18, chromosome function, chromosome structure, deserving, diagnosed, diagnosed with, diagnosis, disorder, feeding therapy, Goals, God's plan, God's reason, God's trust, Graduate with Honors, graduation, heartbroken, Herzing University, honors, honors college, husband, I am worthy, lies, Mom's love, Mother's failure, Motherhood, not good enough, Occupational Therapy, physical therapy, Sickness, Special needs, Speech therapy, Tetrasomy 18p, therapy, Turst in Christ, unique, Unique child, unique creation, unique in christ, unique person, wife, Worth it, Worthy

• My Life, Used

  

  Years of putting my faith into money, men, alcohol, drugs, the occult. My life was a disaster. But I can testify that’s when God can show up, and shine His light. words + photographs JODEE DORROUGH After many years, everything I learned, desired, strived for, everything I had sown in the darkness, the life I…

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  August 4, 2022

  2022, August 2022, Storytellers

  2018, Believer, Christ, command, disaster, drug, drug addiction help, drug dependency, Encourage, Faith, Faithful, feeding, freedom, Freeway Ministries, God, God's word, Gospel, Isaiah 6:8, jail, jeopardy, Jesus, lifestyle, light, Lord, Mark 8:36, Missouri, My Life, opportunity, path, Save Our City Revival, Scripture, seek the Lord, signs, soul, Springfield, symptoms, The word, truth, urgency, Victory Mission + Ministry

• A Love Like His

  

  I love chocolate ice cream. I love the Kansas City Chiefs. I love my wife. All of those statements are true, but the meaning varies wildly. While I do enjoy chocolate ice cream very much, it does not hold the same place in my heart as my affection for my wife. words + photographs JOSHUA…

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  April 15, 2022

  April 2022, Culture, Faith, Neighbors

  Chocolate Ice Cream, Christ, Cross, Danny Tanner, Full House, Jesus, Joshua Manning, Kansas City Chiefs, Love, Missouri, Noel, Philippians 2:6

• Once New, Always New

  

  A few weeks ago, we received a wonderful phone call. Our daughter called and told us our oldest granddaughter, Harlee, came to the living room that morning and was emotional and feeling sad. After some snuggle time on the couch, our granddaughter looked at her mom with eyes bright with tears and said, “I need…

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  January 10, 2022

  2022, Faith, January 2022

  2 Corinthians 5:17, Bahamas, Born Again, Christ, Christian, Ephesians 4:22-24, God, Grace, Granddaughter, Haiti, Jesus, John 3:3, Lisa Berg, Missouri, New, New Creation, Ozark, Romans 6:4, Sam Berg, Springfield

• Life in the Background

  

  Each day, I scan pages of social media to see the lives of my friends and family. I enjoy their selfies, funny stories, fishing adventures, and proud moments. The lives we portray on our bookshelves and in still-frame photos can also seem indelible and flawless. However, I find myself drawn to what lies in the…

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  July 5, 2021

  2021, July 2021, Neighbors

  Christ, God, John Hurt, Life360 House