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Seeking a God’s Eye View of Success

Anita Mathias — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:14:14 +0000

My daughter Irene succeeding at walking. I was mentored in my thirties by a friend who genuinely knew God, but was nevertheless conservative and sexist, and made me feel guilty about my call to write which he saw as “dabbling.” He felt I should throw myself into housekeeping and childrearing, and would thereby find God […]

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In which Failure can be a Greater Blessing than Success

Anita Mathias — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 08:28:17 +0000

Image Credit I would like to have been successful in everything I did the first time round. Sure, I would. And some things I have failed in, yeah, sure, I would rather have been successful in. However, what failure has taught me is to learn to lean. In that way, ironically, it has brought me […]

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