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A Sensitive Relationship w/ God

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Just a Spoonful of Sugar – Sanctification for the Highly Sensitive Christian

December 31, 2010

I don’t speak for the other 80-some percent of the world, but with highly sensitive people, the Holy Spirit Himself escorts us into and through the most lovely seasons of cleansing. When He does, He is very specific, very effective, and very kind. And it feels so good to get free.

With us highly sensitive types, the Holy Spirit’s way is to address our stuff in manageable, bite-size pieces. One very specific bite at a time. AND the tiny bites are all sweetened with His warm, loving regard and kind patience. It’s like Mary Poppins where “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down… in the most delightful way”.

The post concludes with a deeper look at the scriptural basis for these concepts.

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Transition, Growth, & the Calm Kindliness of God

October 7, 2010

As much as we would like it to be otherwise, we usually can’t see growth happening in the moment. It happens too slowly and the process is too hidden. And that can make it easy to feel discouraged with ourselves. It can so help to understand that transitional seasons are important times of our life and are fodder for the Holy Spirit to work His transformation in our hearts and lives. Best of all, it’s at such times we have an opportunity to practice our faith in our very good God, that our Good Shepherd is and will continue to be calmly and kindly gentle with our hearts on this journey, because that’s just how He is with us highly sensitive people.

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God Loves You Dearly. Yes, You.

September 22, 2010

Just a reminder that God loves you dearly. Yes, you. Yeah, her too, but you. You. Just like you are. There’s nothing you can do to make Him love you more or to make Him love you less. He just loves. It’s Who He Is. And you’re the target of that love.

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Highly Sensitive People, Christian Culture, & a Lost Language of Intimacy with God

May 16, 2010

Isn’t it amazing how time can turn everything on its head and send a completely different message? The culture changes, the language changes, and what used to mean one thing comes to mean the complete opposite. I suggest it is the highly sensitive population that’s been most severely affected by this loss of intimacy with God in Christian culture. If you have a history in the church, this just might shift something deep inside you and enrich your relationship with God forever.

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Utter Delight – a.k.a. Jesus

April 15, 2010

Thirsty? Come take a look with me at a fascinating phrase King David used in one of his ancient poems. He writes, “You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures” (Psalm 36:8). Who knew God had one of those?

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A Story Like You’ve Never Heard – Especially for Highly Sensitive People

April 3, 2010

In honor of Good Friday and Easter, I’ve written a story for you. It starts with my encounter with the emotionally beautiful Holy Spirit a few years ago and then it flashes back to the dawn of humanity. Did you know that when we grasp that God is richly affectionate and deliciously good, the whole religious story shifts into something fascinating and wonderful? Come join me in seeing with new eyes.

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Over Empty Space – for the Christian Highly Sensitive Person

March 17, 2010

Highly sensitive people love best and respond best when they are relaxed and secure. This is a visual poem for you to enjoy.

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The Feelings of Holy Spirit Guidance for Christian Highly Sensitive People

February 2, 2010

Do you ever feel confused and conflicted when you’re looking for direction from the Holy Spirit? Do you ever wonder how you’d recognize His answer if it came? I believe that, as Christian highly sensitive people, our feelings can give us clues about the Holy Spirit’s leading. Beware though. Our understanding is well-trained and speaks fluent shoulds, oughts, maybe’s, and buts.

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Breathing Underwater* for Christian Highly Sensitive Persons

December 22, 2009

Have you ever been in a nightmarish situation that needed a resolution really badly and you felt like you were trapped underwater holding your breath, hoping that a breakthrough would come before you drowned? And you felt like something had to shift soon!!! because you just couldn’t hold your breath much longer? But with no [...]

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That Little Gnarled Dude Sitting On The Rock – For The Highly Sensitive Person

December 13, 2009

It was one of those weeks when I was feeling kind of down – not a hard thing for the highly sensitive person. And then one night I had a vivid dream. I woke up transformed.

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Meeting God in Different Cultures

November 4, 2009

For every behavior I think of as merely “religious,” someone is doing it in a meaningful way from an authentic heart of love for God, and God is expressing Himself back in that same language. I learned some profound lessons about honoring facets of God that are foreign to me when I visited Israel with my husband three years ago.

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