Ashlin B
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I stared at the foam of my cappuccino as her words broke through the thick fog I’d been walking through since we first landed in Israel. This woman, who just an hour before had been a total stranger to me, was telling me her story and showing me some pretty raw places of her past. She…
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The whole thing started on a blue piece of construction paper. I was sitting in the lobby of one of my favorite places and furiously scribbling for my next blog post. I kept getting distracted. Something that has been grabbing at my heart lately kept pulling on me. I would write a sentence, pause and let…
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I was up to my elbows in household cleaner and water when God said something that nearly sent me to the floor, “It’s good to see you in sweatpants again.” It sounds so ridiculous, but I knew exactly what He meant. I practically ran out of the building. My chest started pounding, my eyes were about to…
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“I just can’t seem to pick my battles. It seems like I get upset about something every single week. I need to get my life together and handle things better. I’m so emotional.” Knee deep in one of my final papers, I got that text. I closed my eyes and my heart went running 277…
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God asked me the one question I prayed He wouldn’t. It was a sweet moment, though my knees were knocking and my shoulders shivering. The winds were cold, the roads daunting, the trees sprinkled with fresh snow. I took a deep breath before I answered Him, not even sure what would come out of my mouth…
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I’ve been replaying this memory in my head. A while back, someone walked up to me weeks after we’d met and said “You may not remember me…” I was stunned, absolutely speechless. I just kept quiet and went along with it. The whole time this person was talking and reminding me of that first introduction (one that was…
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I joined a grief group soon after I moved to Georgia. It was completely unlike me, but I was so broken and desperate for healing that I was willing to do something that I would have previously labeled as mortifying. I showed up to a few of the meetings. I was the youngest person, the quietest…
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A few years ago, I learned how to really cry. I cried buckets of tears until I was drained. They stopped coming after that; the saddest songs and movies only caused a shrug of my shoulders and the shaking of my head. Nothing seemed to move me quite the same after those months that left me dry. Then came New York City, with…
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This morning, I tried to find direction. I went searching through the Bible, tried to write down some plans. But the pages stayed blank and I just ended up just sitting there, watching the sun hang between the towers outside the window. I didn’t figure anything out. I knew that God has places He intends…
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She sent me this photo and said she is starting to see the beauty in her past. What she didn’t know was that while we are in different states and living different lives, I’ve also been constantly looking in my rearview mirrors. So, when my eyes fell on that picture and her words about the past being beautiful, I took…
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