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Check the Boxes Amanda
Fear. Afraid. I lie awake a night sometimes dozing off only to be startled awake. There are times my dreams are nightmares- I'm screaming...

Amanda Holmes
Feb 21, 20232 min read
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No matter how much there is, there is never enough
The worry, the stress, the black hole of unknown leads to the hopelessness. Is it just me? The weird thing about the human brain is we...

Amanda Holmes
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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On God's Time: How to have Faith
Anyone ever said to you, "just have faith", after you have poured your heart out with worry or heartache? Another one I hear often is,...

Amanda Holmes
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Merry-go-Round
My daughters love to ride the merry go round- when we go to the Houston Zoo, the first thing Genesis wants to know is when can she ride...

Amanda Holmes
Sep 2, 20222 min read
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Freedom Chains
The mind is such an amazing piece of art God created. The brain is the central control of our entire body and is the source to know Him....

Amanda Holmes
Aug 27, 20222 min read
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Under the weight of ExPecTatiOns
Expectations- these are the thoughts and assumptions that get us in trouble, they hurt. I am deeply hurt today. Unfortunately, this is...

Amanda Holmes
Jul 27, 20222 min read
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Who provides the Sacrifice?
I have read the book of Genesis a million times- well a lot. We all learn the story of Abraham and how God told him to sacrifice (kill)...

Amanda Holmes
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Keep going even though there is no where to GO
Anyone ever asked you what your dreams are? When people have asked me that, I don't have an answer. I have spent much of my life never...

Amanda Holmes
May 23, 20222 min read
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Standing in God's Waiting Room
Waiting. Standing. Sitting. Waiting. Waiting is not my strong suite. I am a now, go, go kind of person. The world teaches us, in order to...

Amanda Holmes
Jan 25, 20221 min read
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LOOKING FOR THE answers
Looking for the answers but they aren’t there. Replaying the decisions I’ve made. My mind going round and round. If only I was stronger....

Amanda Holmes
Jan 17, 20221 min read
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Talking: to : Myself
Talking to myself is the most critical part of my life- at least that's what everyone says. I even tell my own daughters this. I think it...

Amanda Holmes
Jan 5, 20222 min read
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PeOpLe.....feaR.
You know when you want to say something, but you can't say it out loud? It's not that you're scared to say it, it's kind of like you...

Amanda Holmes
Jan 2, 20223 min read
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losT my minD
Maybe I have just lost my mind. Who quits their job and starts an online business selling prayer gift boxes? People in this world give...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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I diDn't KnOw ThEn
I have been spending some time watching old videos and looking at pictures on the Big TV screen with my kids recently since we are all...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 28, 20212 min read
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She Thought Out Loud
All I can hear are the things I have been told I am NOT. I have been chasing them my entire life- but what if all the things I am not are...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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Standing in the Pain
I wonder what my life would be like had I done things differently- had I been a different person. Would my life be better if I were more...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 26, 20212 min read
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What is: Righteousness
Righteous or righteousness is a term used often in the church and hundreds of times in the Bible. It's one of those words that can be...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 9, 20212 min read
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What is: A Yoke?
Hey hey hey! Let's start a new series called What is. In This series of posts and videos I'd like to discuss themes, words, and even...

Amanda Holmes
Dec 3, 20212 min read
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Nature vs. Nurture
What if today you nurtured the choices you have made instead of focusing on the mistakes you have made? I think it is in our nature, as...

Amanda Holmes
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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Why would Jesus call me The Salt of the Earth?
Did you know baking soda is really a type of salt? Maybe you knew this whole time and I'm a sleeping at the wheel. Regardless, I guess I...

Amanda Holmes
Nov 15, 20212 min read
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