Forgiving Your Judas

I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of the story where Judas betrayed Jesus. Most of us have a similar story of being betrayed by the primary people in our lives which in most cases, are our parents. The unspoken truths about beliefs resonate deep within our psyche when we are too young to express our …

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Internal Rivalry

Therapy Letters http://www.angeladandrews.com If nature was the litmus test for raising the child up as it should go, all of us would know our worth as the spiritual beings God created us to be.  We lost sight of who we were naturally, through the lack of healthy nurture, so we sabotage good things and push away …

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Even Jesus flipped some tables

You are allowed to be angry, even Jesus flipped some tables.  I couldn't begin to track the times I went from zero to one hundred in a rage because of the injustice I suffered.  That type of fury was always justified, just not to the ones witnessing it.  I had come by it honestly though …

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Find the ONE who formed you to follow

I always say, “God don’t make trash” which means he doesn’t give the birth defects, the autism, the gay gene, the vehement temper, the addiction, anxiety disorders, depression or disease we suffer with, because we are knit together perfectly in our mothers womb. And every single one of us shot out of a woman's womb.  …

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Tribal tenderness twisted terminology

God can’t produce a bad situation in hopes of twisting our arm to look toward Him for relief. I have sincere compassion for the gay community but don’t condone it, however I never use Jesus as an argument either. I have worked with numerous teens who struggle with gender identity issues and have witnessed them …

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Trouble with the Curve

This two and a half movie clip is about the questions many of us ask when we are abandoned, rejected, misunderstood or confused because of another person's response to us.  Particularly, when adult children address their parents about an issue they grew up questioning, the response is much like what we see in Clint Eastwood's …

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