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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
My children recently said goodbye to their stepmother, Debbie (Debora Demoruelle Hamilton), who passed away a few weeks ago. I thank God for Debbie. Many years ago, after my first marriage ended and my mental health prevented me from raising my children, I asked God to provide a mother figure who could be there for them while I sought help in one behavioral medical unit (mental health center) after another. Thankfully, God provided that in Debbie.
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1 week ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
My children recently said goodbye to their stepmother, Debbie (Debora Demoruelle Hamilton), who passed away a few weeks ago. I thank God for Debbie. Many years ago, after my first marriage ended and my mental health prevented me from raising my children, I asked God to provide a mother figure who could be there for them while I sought help in one behavioral medical unit (mental health center) after another. Thankfully, God provided that in Debbie.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
When was the last time tears streamed down your face, your heart ached, and your thoughts were too jumbled to think clearly? When did you know beyond a doubt that this time, for sure, your situation was hopeless? How many years did it take for you to return to the reality you’ve known for years? To the part of God’s character that has always brought reassurance, warmth and truth?
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2 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
When was the last time tears streamed down your face, your heart ached, and your thoughts were too jumbled to think clearly? When did you know beyond a doubt that this time, for sure, your situation was hopeless? How many years did it take for you to return to the reality you’ve known for years? To the part of God’s character that always brought reassurance, warmth and truth?
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3 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
I like to think I’m a kind person, but when someone disrespects me or disagrees with me on something I care about, I find it hard. Don’t you hate the part of you that has to get in the last word? We can’t let the matter drop. We spit out words fueled by the heat of the moment – words that continue to sting and cut long after they’ve left our lips. Long past the moment we regret saying them. We’re fired up, and although we’re confident in our position, we get lost in our passion.
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3 weeks ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Do you sometimes feel like an outsider? Everyone around you seems to click with others, but at the office, in your community, at your church – or occasionally, in your own family, you feel like an outcast. You wish being part of a group wasn’t important, but it is. It keeps you up at night because you’re desperate to belong. To fit in.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Can you recall how heavy your worst sin felt before you confessed it to God and received forgiveness? Imagine if the crushing weight of all your sins (every sin you’ve ever committed) suddenly dropped on you. Now, envision if all the world’s sins, every sin ever committed, were suddenly dumped on you. Are there any words that can describe how it would feel? We’ll never come close to imagining how Jesus felt when the sins of the whole world came crashing upon Him on the cross.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Can you recall how heavy your worst sin felt before you confessed it to God and received forgiveness? Imagine if the crushing weight of all your sins (every sin you’ve ever committed) suddenly dropped on you. Now, envision if all the world’s sins, every sin ever committed, were suddenly dumped on you. Are there any words that can describe how it would feel? We’ll never come close to imagining how Jesus felt when the sins of the whole world came crashing upon Him on the cross.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Are you overwhelmingly discouraged – and so, so, so embarrassed? As you make big stupid choices and constant small ones, do you feel as if the guilt of your sins will eventually crush you? You’ve failed and failed – and failed – so often that you don’t know where to go from here. It’s hard not to believe the thoughts that play constantly in your head that you’ll never change. False (untrue) thoughts beget more false thoughts, until eventually you become convinced that the lies are true.
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1 month ago | 
chronicleonline.com | Sheryl H. Boldt
Are you overwhelmingly discouraged – and so, so, so embarrassed? As you make big stupid choices and constant small ones, do you feel as if the guilt of your sins will eventually crush you? You’ve failed and failed – and failed – so often that you don’t know where to go from here. It’s hard not to believe the thoughts that play constantly in your head that you’ll never change. False (untrue) thoughts beget more false thoughts, until eventually you become convinced that the lies are true.
