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Boxed In

By Ashley Bates | January 13, 2019

I put him in the husband box. He was boxed in, and so was I for that matter. Have you ever done that? Put someone in a box? Or, kept yourself in a box to avoid responsibility?

So we have that door in our house. You know, the one that never closes. Oh, you have one too?      Slam! The sound it makes even we are ever so slightly closing it. I’m not sure how many weeks our door was in this state but it was to the point where our Read More

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: box, door, expectations, relationship

Powering Change

By Ashley Bates | January 1, 2019

Restart. Reset. It’s a new year! The idea of restarting in the new year is romantically attractive. It comes with a sense of newness that can’t be found elsewhere. It’s the second chance we’ve been waiting for since last year’s goals, dreams, or ideas fell flat. This year, it’s going to happen. This year I Read More

Filed Under: Change, Jesus, Life, New

The Unknown

By Ashley Bates | December 29, 2018

The unknown is risky. The unknown is hidden from us until it isn’t. We say no to the unknown because we are afraid of the cost. And maybe that’s the greater risk we just can’t see it.     Risking requires releasing control, and we don’t want to give that up. The unknown requires a guide, Read More

Filed Under: Life, The Unknown Tagged With: dare, dream, risk, unkown

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