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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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It’s the fifth week of January and for our special post we decided to test our poetry skills. Alice and I wrote this poem together. I did the first half and she did the second half. The origin of the theme of this poem is from an encounter we had where Alice was deeply upset…
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This poem is inspired by a passage I read in the book “Deeper” by Dane C. Ortlund. In a section of the book that talks about santification and justification he writes, “You can’t crowbar your way into change. You can only be melted.” (pg. 91, Deeper) This was a paradaigm shift for me, as I…
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There’s another aspect to being salt that I never considered. The Bible calls us to season our speech with salt, but the kind of grace and wisdom we need to do that comes from God. It also comes from self-reflection. Meditating on the scriptures while you look at your own shortcomings. For the longest time,…
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What I have written this week references 1 Peter 5:8. Where Peter tells believers that have been dispersed to various places to “Be sober minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” His use of the term sober minded equates to being alert and watchful. As…
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It’s a new year and we have a new opportunity to be salt. The bible talks about us being “the salt of the earth”. As followers of Christ, we are called to spread goodness and love. It is very important because salt can lose its saltiness and become useless (at least, salt in the Hebrew…
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Our first topic of 2025 is Salt. In Matthew 5 Jesus tell us that we are the salt of the earth, and if the salt loses its taste how can it be restored? And later in that same chapter he tells us to shine our light (through good works) before others for the glory of…
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I want to write a little bit about the holiday season in this post, as we leave Christmas and head into the New Year. When we reach the Christmas season each year, the music, movies, celebrations, and gathering of family and friends usually puts us in a good mood. We look forward to giving and…
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It’s almost Christmas. A holiday that is so much more than the surface narratives painted in movies. It is the day we celebrate our Savior coming down to us. To be like us and with us. One small part of His unfathomable plan. Let us remember that this Christmas week. That Jesus came and love…
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This is one of the first poems that I wrote a couple years ago. I had just started writing songs as well around that time, and the feedback I received from others usually included that the songs reminded them of hymns. I wrestled with that feedback as I wanted the songs I wrote to be…
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The topic for this month is music. As we enter into the Christmas season many of us look forward to the Christmas music specifically. As we feel a sense of family, warmth, hope, and joy when we listen to it. Music has the ability to move us and allow us to express and engage our…
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