Posted on December 9, 2025
by Paris Renae
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For three years I have been broken open, exposed, recreated…it’s been painful physically, emotionally, spiritually. Soul piercing. Oh, there were days (weeks, months) where I wanted it ALL to change, to go away, to wake up from a bad dream. But now…I can say,… Continue Reading “Do not trespass”
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Posted on February 26, 2025
by Paris Renae
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I’ve been reading through the Bible for…well let’s just say it’s taken more than a year. I turned to a short book in the Old Testament, Habakkuk. I’m trying to be more purposeful with my readings lately. Instead of rushing through and checking the… Continue Reading “How long”
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Posted on October 9, 2024
by Paris Renae
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Settling back in the chair I write to clear my head. So many thoughts swirling. My husband’s chemo, my son’s broken collarbone and no surgeon available until days later, another hurricane coming, power outages and tons of rain. Ah me… As I sighed it… Continue Reading “Just the right time”
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Posted on November 5, 2019
by Paris Renae
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I’m learning what God has always shown, has always been. Love is not finite. It doesn’t have a limited capacity. There’s a certain freedom the world just doesn’t get. Freedom that comes when we learn love is not a thing or an emotion –… Continue Reading “Love Better, Best”
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Posted on January 22, 2019
by Paris Renae
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Sometimes ‘the past’ brings smiles, sometimes tears. Trying to forget, many live on a fast track to whatever tomorrow holds. Always seeking that next best thing, moment, breakthrough. Others, weighed down, can’t move into now. We get lost forgetting that Jesus has already secured… Continue Reading “Past Tense…”
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Posted on April 3, 2018
by Paris Renae
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Funny how we mark things with time – the year of the hurricanes, September 11, 2001, the call this morning from a tearful child “I’m on my way to the emergency room”. The slow motion moments. Moving at the speed of light to get… Continue Reading “8:45am”
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Posted on April 25, 2017
by Paris Renae
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Fragile – not a word I like to use – about me. After all I am a strong woman, right? Truth is: far more fragile than I want to admit, than my ‘pull up your bootstraps’ attitude can handle, but not more than my God… Continue Reading “This is Tender…”
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Posted on June 7, 2016
by Paris Renae
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Getting sick is never fun. I’m one of the fortunate ones who rarely gets ill. But this year has been a little different. In February – the flu. In March I hurt my back. This past month I came down with some unknown bug.… Continue Reading “Healing Living…”
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Posted on December 5, 2014
by Paris Renae
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How can we find the hush even in the rush… Find quiet for our souls… Let our breath be taken away??? In the excited face of the impoverished child opening a gift – let us give that his face can shine… In the flurry of snow caught… Continue Reading “Take My Breath Away…”
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