Think PRINT 5,25x8. FINAL 2

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