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<strong>Think</strong> Like Deborah<br />
events serve as markers, lighting the way,<br />
showing us things we need to know and<br />
do to live our best lives. Deborah’s story, I<br />
would discover, had many of these important<br />
markers, waiting to be uncovered.<br />
As I shared the story with a close friend,<br />
we discussed situations in which we felt we<br />
had held ourselves back for no good reason.<br />
How many times has the Spirit nudged<br />
you and me to reach out and minister to<br />
someone, or to step out and do something<br />
creative? Yet, we held back thinking: “No,<br />
that’s too much to take on.” “I don’t see how<br />
it could work.” “Now is not the right time.”<br />
“I’m just not equipped to do this or that<br />
work.” I am sure you can relate to your own<br />
set of delay tactics. But isn’t that just what<br />
author Marianne Williamson is talking about<br />
when she says,<br />
Our deepest fear is not that we<br />
are inadequate. Our deepest fear<br />
is that we are powerful beyond<br />
measure. It is our light, not our<br />
darkness that most frightens us.<br />
We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to<br />
be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,<br />
fabulous?’ Actually, who are you<br />
not to be? You are a child of<br />
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