Healing for the Broken Heart
by Brooke Holt Brooke’s Blog: Healing for the Broken Heart Psalm 147:3: “The Lord heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” None of us avoids a broken heart. We walk through life getting wounded. Some of us are wounded severely in childhood. From a very early age, we learn the defence mechanism of building walls to protect our hearts. Nevertheless, even guarded hearts get broken. Broken hearts are part of life in this fallen world. The best intended mothers try to mend broken hearts. They make cookies, buy treats or take special trips to a store or to the movies. With...
Read More“I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’
by Brooke Holt from Brooke’s Blog: “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” –John 10:10 I grew up on Mick Jaggar’s words in his song “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”. Mick didn’t seem to experience satisfaction in life so why could I expect to? He was the famous one living a life of fame, wealth and privilege. If his life was lacking, how could I expect more for myself?These words ring true for far too many of us today. We live surviving, and we think...
Read MoreWhat Defines You?
By Brooke Holt From Brooke’s Blog: What Defines You? The great debate began for me the day before our half marathon – wear the Garmin watch or not. Part of me wanted to run free, free of numbers, times, distances. Part of me wanted to make sure that I was running smart, and the other part of me wanted to make sure that I was running fast. I had a goal time. In order to reach that goal, I had to maintain a certain pace. Minutes before walking out to the race, I put on the Garmin. Freedom is not something I am especially good at; that morning, freedom was too risky! Throughout the race,...
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