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Keep Your Head Up
I think it would alarm me if I actually knew how much time I spend with my head down, watching the road ahead of me. On walks, I barely...
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nikiflorica
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Negativity Stinks... And Other Reasons to Smile This Christmas
Maybe this goes without saying, but isn't negativity the worst? I mean, you're just rolling along, enjoying God's grace and goodness, and...
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nikiflorica
Nov 25, 20213 min read
And the Walls Came A-Tumbling Down
For the past few weeks, sitting down to blog has felt like staring at a solid wall and trying to see through it. And no, I'm not...
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nikiflorica
Nov 15, 20213 min read
So What's the Deal with Me?
I don't normally let more than a week slide by between posts, but I don't normally let myself off the hook in general, so this could be a...
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nikiflorica
Nov 3, 20212 min read
It's Simple. Right?
There's a quote in the film, God's Not Dead: "It's not easy, but it's simple." The "it," if I remember correctly, refers to doing the...
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nikiflorica
Oct 25, 20213 min read
"When Everything Gets Easy"
"I pull you close to me when this life cuts deep But when everything gets easy it's easy not to keep you first." (Riley Clemmons, "When...
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nikiflorica
Oct 12, 20212 min read
To Consult My Compass
Sometimes I feel like a Lost Girl. Like I took a wrong turn at the second star on the right and ended up a thousand miles from Neverland,...
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nikiflorica
Oct 6, 20212 min read
The Mundane is the Mission: Thoughts from Telephone Book Club
Yesterday marked my first trip to campus in a few weeks, and I was reluctant to go. Having mostly online classes allows me to stay within...
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nikiflorica
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Doesn't Anyone Understand?
It's a bad time to have a cold. Not that there's ever a great time, but, well . . . y'all know what I mean. I don't get sick often, but...
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nikiflorica
Sep 21, 20212 min read
A Tidbit for the Trodden Down
trodden: walked on . . . crush[ed] or flatten[ed] with the feet . . . pressed down into the ground. (Google) Who's feeling pressed down...
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nikiflorica
Sep 16, 20212 min read
The War for Time
Crazy week, folks. Craaaazy week. Second-year has just begun and already there just aren't enough hours in the day; writing and...
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nikiflorica
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Eph'pha-tha.
The moment I saw this Hebrew phrase on the page of Mark 7, I knew I had to blog about it. I knew because I felt called out by it....
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nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Be Filled.
Want to hear a secret? Just kidding—it's not really a secret. I'm a smidge of a pessimist. Just kidding—it's more than a smidge. I think...
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nikiflorica
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Will We or Will We Not
When you stop to count them, a TON of spiritual traits boil down to good ol' fashioned acts of will. Prayerfulness. Forgiveness....
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nikiflorica
Jun 17, 20212 min read
When the Stakes Are High—Smile!
I'm usually pretty good at laughing at myself. You know, when the stakes are low. When things get stressful, though, and nobody else is...
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nikiflorica
May 18, 20212 min read
A Sliver of Perspective
Perspective is a gift. God knew we couldn't handle the full, grandiose scope of everything He's doing in our lives, so he gave us limited...
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nikiflorica
May 3, 20212 min read
The Worker's Prayer
I recently saw a post that said something along the lines of, "Be the best at whatever you do," and it struck me as slightly far-fetched....
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nikiflorica
Apr 19, 20212 min read
107, At Wit's End
Lost, chained, a fool, or at wit's end. Which one are you? Try finding yourself in the spectrum of Psalm 107's desperate people. Are you...
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nikiflorica
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Under the Fig Tree
"This was done for you." Season 2, Episode 2, The Chosen. Nathaniel sits under a fig tree with a stack of failed dreams in his...
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nikiflorica
Mar 24, 20212 min read
I Got Slapped in the Face Today (and Other Thoughts)
Don't you just love it when your daily devotion reaches out to slap you in the face? I certainly do. Well, mostly. Some of the time. It...
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