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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...
nikiflorica
Dec 28, 20212 min read
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Bad Dreams Are Good for Something
Imagine this. You have a dream about something you've been dreading. It goes badly. You screw up, or the whole shebang goes south in the...
nikiflorica
Aug 12, 20212 min read
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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....
nikiflorica
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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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...
nikiflorica
Jun 17, 20212 min read
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How Was Your Productive-in-Its-Own-Way Thursday?
Now, I typically don't write my Thankful Thursday posts at eight o'clock on Thursday night, but when life hands you lemons and a busy...
nikiflorica
Jan 14, 20212 min read
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Snowmen Smiles
Meet Dudley, Myrtle, and Rudy, the three happy snowmen mascots of this Thankful Thursday post. Technically, I should be studying for my...
nikiflorica
Dec 17, 20202 min read
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And Bob's Your Uncle
I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and...
nikiflorica
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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How Great is Our God
In our effort to have a relationship with God, to know Him and His Son on an intimate, personal level, I think there is a pitfall we...
nikiflorica
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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Unsinkable
I've always known what it's like to have Someone in my life who would never let me down. You'd think after all this time I'd figure out...
nikiflorica
Oct 8, 20202 min read
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Time Keeps on Slippin'
I feel like I've spent way too much of my life watching the clock. Despite my early enthusiasm for it, I realized quickly as a...
nikiflorica
Sep 10, 20202 min read
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Life is Joy—And What To Do About It
Earlier this week, I blogged about the inevitable reality that life is pain, and that we have only two options in that regard: to suffer,...
nikiflorica
Aug 13, 20203 min read
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Because Prayer Works
Prayer works. Not always in the ways we expect, not always in the cookie-cutter outcomes we may look for, but God and His Holy Spirit are co
nikiflorica
Jul 9, 20202 min read
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A Very Fond Furwell
I must have been three, maybe four years old when I went with my grandparents to pick this adorable pup from its litter mates. Since that...
nikiflorica
Jun 18, 20202 min read
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60 Seconds of Solid Gratitude—GO!
Despite the mountain of bookish research I could be doing at present, I'm taking a brief respite to enjoy this fine Thankful Thursday...
nikiflorica
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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For Lack of Spare Minutes
When time slows down, it gives us a breath to slow down with it and savour our circumstances. To look at the little things and see what...
nikiflorica
May 28, 20202 min read
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The Worst Three Days
In the past, I've been pretty quick to judge the disciples for their lack of faith throughout the gospels. I mean, as Christians of...
nikiflorica
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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Not Alone. Ever.
"The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be...
nikiflorica
Mar 5, 20202 min read
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Blessed Book Signing!
This past Saturday I had the pleasure and honour of attending a book signing hosted by a wonderful family friend. It was my first signing...
nikiflorica
Dec 12, 20191 min read
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Looking Out and Giving Thanks
One temptation that seems prevalent in our luxury-cushioned first-world is the urge to dwell on ourselves. Whether it's that nagging...
nikiflorica
Oct 24, 20192 min read
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