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Hi, my name is Chenai! Welcome to my blog! I write to encourage, inspire and empower you in growing in your spiritual life through reflections and prose. I've even written a book -- make sure to check out Hindsight, currently available on Kindle! Don't be shy to reach out! I would love to hear from you! ❤
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February 03, 2026

Tip-Toeing Foundations

Change. I guess change is hard, isn't it? You go from doing something one way, believing a certain way, functioning a particular way, and, " all of a sudden, " you have to change everything. You have to learn a different way that takes a bit more time, or requires more effort, more energy, more sacrifi…
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July 24, 2025

Strengthen Your Brethren

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."   - Edith Wharton ******** The strong among us must awaken the strength in others. There is a strength in each and every person that needs to be awakened, so that life ceases to feel like a toss up, or a game which ha…
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May 06, 2025

A House of Many Vessels

"A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honour: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work." 2 Timo…
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April 24, 2025

Lies

There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.  Luke 8:17 ** Lies. If I could compile all the lies and make them into a bonfire…. Lies steal something. If you are a liar, you’re not too distant from a thief. You take things that do not b…
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February 11, 2025

Safety

I was sharing with a friend how I’m grateful to God for life. I believe God is making me aware of some of the things that he is protecting me from as I drive around and as I go about my day-to-day. More than once I’ve experienced moments where he has shielded me from disaster. He has kept me safe, and I find myself …
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February 04, 2025

Bloom

Once upon a time turning a new age brought on a lot of anxiety. When you have a long list of achievements still to be realized, a birthday feels like a burden; the added year feels like time is condemning you, highlighting your loss, your lack, your failure. It’s like you are being propelled to the end of everything…
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January 28, 2025

Planting Gardens

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  /Genesis 2:8/   Have you ever wanted to be in a certain place, but every effort you made proved fruitless and you had to move elsewhere? I’ve certainly felt that, and I think that rejection ushered me on a road to under…
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January 23, 2025

Peace

You keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.  Isaiah26:3   Peace in the midst of storms. Peace in the midst of uncertainty. Peace in the midst of upheavals and turmoil. Peace that surpasses all understanding. That’s a peace that helps you remain clearheaded; it keeps the eyes o…
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November 26, 2024

Language Lessons

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. /Flora Lewis/                                                                                                                        *** I’m amazed by people who can speak multiple langua…
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October 31, 2024

Seen

"People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident."  John C. Maxwell **       It being the end of the month I was hoping to have something insightful to write. Something aspirational. However, I’d li…
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September 17, 2024

QUESTIONS

"Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you"  Proverbs 2:11 ** If you knew that every person that you encounter is not who they present themselves to be, what would you change about your interactions with them?   If you knew that your family member, your friend, your colleague, that acqu…
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August 30, 2024

Of Great Offenses

Be angry, and do not sin; do not let the sun go down while you're still angry.  Ephesians 4:26 **   I feel agitated in my spirit. I keep thinking about this lady and this valley that she is in. I keep thinking about offense, and the power of offense and the deadly results it renders when we flagrantly nurse it.I k…
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June 23, 2024

Perspective

** “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” ― Stephen R. Covey ** I’m marvelling how someone who has “known” me for a short time, can offer insights into my weaknesses. I think that I have great insight into myself, but it’s alw…
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January 11, 2024

Fruitful Vine

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation:  seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. ” And it was so. |Genesis1:11| **     Sometime late last year during Sunday school, I remember highlighting that everything God created in the beginning had a…
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