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Welcome to the Streams of Comfort Blog! We are a Christian-based writing community that hopes to provide comfort through various creative streams. Each month we will have a topic that inspires our posts. Posts will include various types of writing, from poetry to short stories, and more. New posts will be available every Friday morning!…
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This is part 3 of an ongoing story. If you haven’t read the first two parts, feel free to use the links above to catch up. This part of the story depicts an accident that changed the main character, Ruth’s life. Sometimes accidents, no matter how small, can change the course of our lives. Once…
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I have been having a lot of fun writing haiku recently and wanted to share one I recently wrote about accidents. I hope this week you will not define yourself by any unintentional failures, but by God’s love for you. When fate meets failure,And shame stains my cheeks bright red,God’s love brings comfort.
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I’ve never claimed to be a perfectionist. In fact, when it comes to tasks, I often find there’s a threshold. It determines how much more work and time I’m willing to put in and how well the job is done. However, I hate making mistakes and small accidents. I’m my own worst critic when it…
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The topic for this month is accidents. In life, we often find ourselves in unfortunate situations that are opposite of our intentions. We accidentally knock over a drink and watch it splash over everything in its vicinity. We accidentally drop a plate and watch it shatter into tiny pieces across the floor. We accidentally hit…
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In this poem I explore loneliness in relation to hatred. All of us have experienced hating others or even ourselves, and I think that hatred in itself can make us lonely and isolated. But we are never truly alone as Christ followers. I pray that you are reminded to look to Jesus for comfort whenever…
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As an amateur writer, I have no qualms about admitting that I struggle with writing. Small bouts of depression and stress make writing difficult. Make focusing on God difficult. Feeling lonely makes life difficult. Yet this next part of the story has our protagonist exploring her feelings more deeply. I thought it would only be…
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I have heard someone say that emotions are good indicators. And I think I very much agree with that statement. To the point where as I wrote this poem. Where I imagined how the feeling of loneliness might be an indicator. That can lead us to a place of fulfillment. If you are feeling lonely,…
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This week I started a short story. I suppose the topic of loneliness inspired me to write more than I usually do. Or perhaps a poem did could not encompass the depth of my feelings this time. Loneliness is everywhere. Sometimes even when I look in the mirror. It’s distant memory now, but the loneliness…
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The artifacts of our loneliness are many. Especially in our present age where loneliness is on every corner. Ironically we have more people than we have ever had in our history. Yet as we all know, no number of people can abate those feelings of loneliness. These feelings persist when they come. It’s human to…
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This week Antoinette and I are tackling a distinct form of poetry: the Haiku. Traditional Haiku are nature focused, do not rhyme, and have a strict syllable count (5-7-5). It is surprisingly challenging to write with such strict rules, but for this week, we have decided to embrace it. As we finish our month of…
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