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Inspirational author, poet, writer and Christian blogger. Children's rights crusader who successfully fought for the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA), signed into law by Ronald Reagan. Encourager of Christian believers worldwide. Education/Experience: Psychology, Biblical Studies, Music (BA and MA) Interests: blogs, bible, bloggers, writers, authors, writing, religion, God, Christianity, faith, forgiveness, Jesus, spirituality, peace, prayer, Jesus Christ, growth, life, California, America, society, recovery, child abuse Motto: I am the only Bible some will ever read. Affiliations: Inspiration and Encouragement, April Lorier, Author, Whispers from God's Spirit URL |
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Are you able to be happy just because you are alive and the sun is shining? Or, if it is storming outside, are you happy to have a roof over your head?
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Be careful how you talk to yourself because the person we believe the most when we hear them speaking those destructive words is ourselves!
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Today I am very sad at the loss of one of my heroes, Tony Snow. He was truly a renaissance man, as well as a man of integrity. He was a man who had his priorities straight: God first, family second, a...
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God will command his angels to protect you wherever you go.
They will carry you in their arms, and you won't hurt your feet on the stones.
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David knew the skies intimately since he had spent years as a shepherd. Later, he knew sin just as intimately, and always knew he was sinning against God, not just the person.
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I have been in the presence of people who make me feel very small. In my years as Director of C.O.P.E., I was interviewed many times, and I rarely slept well the night before. I was nervous even thoug...
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Though I am in despair right now, LORD,
I will praise You with my whole heart.
There are so many "gods" on this earth,
But I will sing praises only to You
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Sometimes I feel like a turtle, slowly on my path of recovery. I keep reminding myself that the tortoise won the race because of his tenacity in the familiar fairy tale. But that wasn't real life. Thi...
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Why would you want to keep fighting the same old battle over and over again?
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I live in California where our three main concerns are fire, landslides and earthquakes.
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When you are alone - when there is no one to impress or blame - who are you?
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God does not mind our questioning and searching for proof of His Presence. It is in those times when deep calls to deep in our heart as we cry out to The God who promised He would never leave us or ab...
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One of the most common problems abuse survivors face is depression. You have just had a burst of energy and confidence in your progress, and then WHAM! All of a sudden, the damage done to you hits you...
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She was adopted at 13 days old and was her daddy's princess. Renee had a happy childhood until she was 5 years old, and then...
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Someone asked me if I had to describe the love of God, how would I describe it? Well, that's even harder than describing romantic love or familial love! -- This song was written (first two verses) by ...
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Which do you think is more important: to love or to be loved? I have pondered this question most of my life. Now I think I know the answer.
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Over 30 Billion Dollars were spent on weight loss methods way back in 1990, and more today. Yet our obesity rate increases exponentially every year!
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Many are blaming this crisis on farmers who raised corn, wheat, and hay for ethylene instead of food for human and animal consumption.
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Abuse recovery is like this too. You reach a point in your journey when you know that it's time to clean house and unclutter - emotionally, relationally, physically, and sexually.
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More than 25 years ago, Dr. Victor Cline identified the progressive nature of pornography addiction. He said that once addicted, a person's need for pornography escalates both in frequency and in devi...
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Today I hear little about the meaning of Memorial Day that squares with my knowledge of it. It appears to me that it is little more than a drinking holiday, a legal "day off" from work, or a day to be...
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I saw her after seven years, and she looked better... "Growth"? Was she trying to kid me as much as she had deluded herself?
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Dr. Henrietta Mears used to be a Sunday School Teacher, but she had no curriculum to teach her children. So, as any woman would do, she wrote her own! (That's how Gospel Light Publishing began!)
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I have always been fascinated by crooked or severely gnarled trees. The crooked trees were symbolic to me of damage done during the formative years. The severely gnarled trees spoke to me of life's in...
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Recovery is a process. Think of peeling an onion. The first layer of flaky skin is taken off. Good! We probably have decided we need help.
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Have you ever wondered where bread pudding came from? It was originally created as a waste not, want not use for dry leftover bread.
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I sing because of what You have done with my life! What great miracles you do, and how deep are Your thoughts!
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Today is Mother's Day and I've been thinking about the years of struggle I experienced as I tried to find ways of honoring my mother (who never wanted to be a mother). She was, after all, an abusive a...
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One of my favorite movies came from the 1971 best-selling book The Hiding place by Corrie ten Boom. It is the story of her family's involvement in the Dutch Underground and subsequent imprisonment dur...
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I am confused and afraid, God. Changes are coming too fast. I cry out to You without holding back. Oh, if You would listen to me!
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Some one asked me what I tell myself during times like this when I am low?
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You stand on your tip toes to see what's going on, and see President George Bush! Oh, my gosh! Is that really the President of the United States coming into a grocery store?
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If you're looking for a flour with more complex carbohydrates and higher protein, this is the flour for you!
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You satisfy me more than even chocolate does! You mean more to me than the most delicious of foods.
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Isabella Miller, an eight year old girl,may decide the fate of gay marriage! Her mother Lisa Miller, a born-again Christian who left the homosexual lifestyle six years ago,is fighting for custody aga...
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Luci knelt down beside her bed on the eve of her wedding
and asked the Lord to show her how to be His woman,
for she knew if she could please God, she would please George.
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Lately, I have been listening how people describe faith. I mean people of all faiths, "no faith" as if there could be such a thing and from all walks of life.
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There they go again, speaking godlike pronouncements, making promises they have no power to keep: meaningless rhetoric.
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Isn't it odd how the very things that used to fill all of us with awe, wonder, and exhilaration now seem mundane and expected -- or even worse, unnoticed?
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Everything seems worse in the quiet darkness of the night. I could not stay in bed. Some how, it seemed more frightening to lie in bed in this condition.
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Ben Stein, a Jew, believes that the consequences of Darwinism have been terrifying and horrible because it has led to academic suppression.
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I am not known for my cooking ability! But recently, a neighbor brought me a pot of "Sopa de Albondigas" (aka Mexican Meatball Soup) and I fell passionately in love with it!
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When I called, You answered me in a way I understood; You made me bold and stouthearted -- not a victim anymore!
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When I was silent, my bones wasted away and I felt a groaning all day long.
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Well, today is my birthday. My mother and I used to share this birthday, but since she has passed on to Glory, it is now just my birthday. I have a new "birthday song".
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I am learning how to stay joyful, Lord! I do not follow the advice of the unbelievers, or hang out with those who do not love You, or join in with those who scoff at Your Word.
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I could never do enough to show my gratitude, for True Love expects no payment.
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Now listening with your eyes may sound peculiar, but to a child it is everything! A child wants and needs to be noticed!
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Making Psalm 139 and 132 personal. Reversing the order makes me feel God truly loves me.
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Is it a coincidence that Alan Greenspan, former Head of The Federal Reserve Bank [and an economic genius!], had early musical training, and still spends many of his evenings playing the piano?
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Now I know what being honored by Donald Pennington feels like. Wow! Read his interview with Yours Truly!
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Music is a vehicle used to transport me anywhere I want (or need) to go.
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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
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President Lincoln's "melancholy" was not a secret. He struggled with depression all of his life.
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Michael is every bit an artist and a true renaissance man. A true artist has many artistic outlets, and Michael Kocis (Michael John, pseudonym) fits that description to the max!
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This blasphemous doctrine is being promoted by Oprah Winfrey who has a large platform. This is the same Oprah that, as a young girl, loved Jesus and wanted desperately to be either a preacher or a mi...
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Prayer of Saint Francis is a Christian prayer for peace. It is attributed to the 13th-century saint Francis of Assisi, although...
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May you have enough success to keep you eager.
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if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things... And the God of peace will be with you.
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Have you ever felt empty? I mean that feeling that nothing matters, not even yourself? I have. That's why I believe the greatest miracle Jesus performed on earth was His first one.
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Every nite I lie in bed, feeling the breeze from my window, and always I thank You, Lord. It's such a peaceful whisper from You that You're watching over me.
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Lord, it's Easter time and I'm thinking about the pain Jesus suffered for me and what a blessing it is now.
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One Solitary Life is one of the best-loved poems by Christians and non-Christians alike. Some attribute it to Rev James Allan Francis (1864-1928).
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Phil Keaggy is one of the top guitarists in the world, and has recorded over fifty albums.
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Easter is a time of renewal!
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It has been two steps forward, one step back -- sometimes even three steps back.
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I firmly believe there is no more destructive weapon than the tongue.
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Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
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hey are afraid of true intimacy that occurs when people are honest and respectful of each other's feelings. They are creating an illusion of intimacy.
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He saw Al Capone, D.L. Moody, Adolf Hitler, and Billy Graham, each making his own, personal, eternal choices.
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Joy is a beautiful Christian woman who has been through hell on earth. Her writing is superb and I'm proud to call her FRIEND.
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Today I learned, from a probe by the Associated Press, that I am drinking drugged water! They discovered drugs in the water of 41 million Americans!
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Someone once said if you have one true friend in this life, you are a rich human being.
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But there came a time when I had to learn to differentiate between lies and truth. That was not as easy as it sounds.
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Jesus loves me, this I know
Though my hair is white as snow
Though my sight is growing dim
Still He bids me trust in him.
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I'm old enough to have seen that life comes in seasons, Lord. Just when the rain leaves, the harsh winds come.
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I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives.
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How many times have we thought this is impossible? I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
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Someday when I'm grown up,
You are like I want to be;
Then I will have a little boy
Who'll want to follow me.
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How many women have lived their lives for "that man" and regretted it later? As Christian women, we are to expect only from God, not from any man. There is a woman in the Old Testament who eventually...
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There is nothing worse than buying a nice red tomato, anticipating its taste, only to find out as I sink my teeth into its flesh that there is no taste whatsoever. It's the same in the Church.
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I just realized I have an extra day this year! And it's coming up very soon, too. In high school, it was the weekend girls were allowed to ask out the boys. Any other week it was deemed unladylike and...
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As I watched the entire celebration of Randall Simmons' life, I was so moved by Your Spirit I couldn't stop crying. My tears were not just tears for their loss, but also tears of gratitude for how Off...
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My doctor wondered what in the world I was talking about; but how do I explain supernatural "knowing" to another human being? Do I risk sounding like a kook by saying, "God told me"?
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How does a survivor of abuse, any kind of abuse, find help? I offer these ten resources to help. Each source has other sources, so be sure and click on the links!
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Negro Spirituals were written on only the black keys of the piano, sometimes called "The Slave Scale", but it is the Pentatonic Scale.
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God will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.
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Something mysterious happens when you're writing automatically, without censoring yourself. As the hand writes, buried feelings and opinions come to the surface and you are genuinely shocked at what a...
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Lodebar was a dismal place of no pasture, no hope - total desolation. You ended up there when you were crushed by the storms of life.
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She was one of the few bright spots of my week for more than ten years. As Executive Producer of Touched by an Angel for nine years, she brought a consistent message of God exists, God loves you, God ...
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I began to become more positive in my thoughts, actions, and words. I expected less of people and more of God.
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If God caused the ravens to bring Elijah breakfast and supper every day for 3.5 years, and then sent him to a starving widow with a starving child to supply his needs (and theirs), why wouldn't He p...
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I never thought that clay could be considered willful until I enrolled in my first pottery class.
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Here I was lamenting over my wasted past, and all the time God was doing a new thing for me. How could I have missed it?
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Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. (Romans 14:4 NIV)
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My job, as the clay, is to yield to my Potter's touch. Daily, as I "put on the mind of Christ," He molds the clay of my character into the exquisite sculpture He wants me to become.
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We hear much about bipolar disorder in the news these days. It is just one mental disease among many, but it seems the time we hear most about it is when some terrible crime has taken place.
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You feel unbearable pressure to do something, but you don't. You stand at the window and watch your whole life drive away in a Ford pickup truck.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. I believe God has often put me through my paces to bring me to that same place: running back to Him.
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I remember reading how King David asked, Is there still anyone who is left of the house Jonathan? I knew in my heart that my sister and I were blessed because of Mama's faithful service with the littl...
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As I hold the phone in my hand, I am only half-aware of Mother's non-stop voice. My mind travels back to a safe place of comfort and unqualified love -- to a time when I learned about the angels: the...
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What good does it do to say "I love you" if there are no actions to back it up?
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He was a man who lived out his belief of what The Bible directs us to do: Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of...
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There is a book that has the answers to our financial woes - a book that some find it hard to believe until they have tried it.
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My friend, your voice takes me back to Grandma's love.
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This poem is the story of my sister and I who grew up in New Mexico, and how differently we reacted to our abusive surroundings.
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I have not met anyone who has not experienced violence or loss within their family tree. And yet the tree survives! This poem is dedicated to all those family members who keep on loving, helping, and ...
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I hold much looser now because I know nothing on this earth lasts forever. Fewer headaches and imagined problems haunt me these days.
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Did you mean to sell me a fairy tale, or were you also deceived?
When you discovered you were not a prince, were you sorry, or relieved?
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Other girls are given into sexual slavery by their families in payment for the services of the priest, seeking the favor of the gods in order to assure a good crop or success in an exam.
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None of us lose our faith all at once. No, it is systematically chipped away until one day we notice we have not even a chunk of faith left.
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