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God's word illuminates our heart and reveals our thoughts and motives. When we consistently read the Bible, God brings to light certain blind spots, hidden motives and bad attitudes that we might not see in ourselves. God’s Word is living and active (Hebrews 4:12). God's word is alive, it brings life in us, transforms us and makes us more like Jesus.

Romans 8:29 says, " For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son..."

As we read the Bible, God reveals certain things in our lives that don't align with His word, things that are not pleasing in His sight. His purpose is always restorative—helping us become healthier, freer, and more like Christ

He is not harsh with us, He gently corrects us and helps us to overcome sin.

Have you been avoiding the scripture, lately? Try reading the Bible daily, it'll change your life.

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Types of Subplots for a Story

a person with authority over the MC being very flawed: incompetent, malicious, untrustworthy, ...

inner struggles of the MC: self-doubt, overcoming trauma, proving self to others, ...

romance: love triangle, a fracturing established relationship, pursuing a crush, ...

trying to preserve a key element of MC's life: town, job, family business, house, relationships ...

trying to uncover or keep a secret

And remember, any subplot you chose should service the main plot either directly or indirectly, so adjust as needed!

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10 Ways to Show Grief Without Making Your Character Cry

Grief doesn't always look like crying. Here are some ideas for how to realistically portray it outside of the ‘screaming, crying, throwing up’ phase.

1. Burying Themselves in Work or School: Suddenly the most productive they've ever been, taking on extra shifts, extra assignments, anything that keeps their hands and mind too busy to land on the actual loss.

2. Avoiding Anywhere That Reminds Them of the Person: A restaurant, a route they used to walk together, an entire side of town. They'll go out of their way and never explain why, and probably won't even clock it as avoidance themselves.

3. Refusing to Change Anything of Theirs: The room stays exactly as it was. The voicemail doesn't get deleted. Moving even one object can feel like erasing them, so nothing moves at all.

4. Overcompensating With Normalcy: Laughing a little too readily, insisting they're fine a little too often. This one's great for a character who thinks showing grief means burdening the people around them.

5. Picking Fights With People Trying to Help: Grief makes people prickly in strange directions. Someone offering comfort can genuinely feel unbearable, and lashing out is sometimes easier than admitting they need it.

6. Taking Care of Everyone Else's Grief Instead of Their Own: Comforting siblings, managing funeral logistics, checking in on everyone but themselves. Tip: this one's especially good for an oldest-sibling or caretaker-type character, since it lets them delay their own grief almost indefinitely.

7. Sudden Reckless Behavior: Driving too fast, drinking too much, taking risks they never would have before. It's less about wanting to get hurt and more about needing to feel something other than the numbness.

8. An Obsessive Need for Control: Rigid routines, excessive cleaning, rearranging things that don't need rearranging. When one massive thing feels completely out of their control, controlling everything else becomes the coping mechanism.

9. Talking About Them in Present Tense: "She loves this song," not "loved." A small grammatical slip that says more about where their head still is than an entire monologue would.

10. Taking Up Something the Person Loved: Picking up their guitar, rewatching their favorite show, cooking their recipes. It's a way of keeping them present without having to say out loud that they're gone.

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"I don't think my current roommate is going to work out."

"Really? I thought you two would get along great. You're both huge astroship nerds."

"She's a subterranean species and extremely sensitive to light. Anything brighter than starlight makes her grumpy, and unfortunately I need light to see, so."

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50 Words to Use Instead of "Walked"

For the writers stuck describing every single scene transition as someone "walking" somewhere. Some words are repeated across categories since they fit more than one, but those are counted once, so it adds up to 50 new words.

1. Neutral Tags

Walked, Strolled, Paced, Wandered, Roamed, Moved, Ambled.

2. Slow / Leisurely Tags

Sauntered, Meandered, Dawdled, Loitered, Moseyed, Ambled, Wandered.

3. Fast / Urgent Tags

Hurried, Rushed, Hastened, Scurried, Dashed, Bolted, Scampered.

4. Confident / Purposeful Tags

Strode, Marched, Swaggered, Stalked, Strutted, Paced.

5. Quiet / Sneaky Tags

Crept, Tiptoed, Slunk, Slipped, Padded, Prowled, Sidled.

6. Tired / Struggling Tags

Shuffled, Staggered, Stumbled, Hobbled, Limped, Trudged, Plodded, Dragged, Wobbled.

7. Angry / Aggressive Tags

Stormed, Stomped, Barged, Charged, Thundered, Stamped, Marched.

8. Nervous / Hesitant Tags

Inched, Edged, Sidled, Tottered, Faltered, Crept.

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When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’ Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for Me. Matthew 25:40

As we walked down the corridors of the hospital, we saw rows and rows of beds with sick people. We went to the orthopedic section. Two pairs of eyes welling up with tears. Broken legs and fractured spine. They had jumped off a balcony to escape abuse and rape. We reached out to them and shared the love of Christ. They were so eager and opened their hearts to Him. Misery was all around us. People of all ages, suffering with various ailments. God has given us many opportunities to reach out to those who are hurting, physically and mentally. How often we've been so self-absorbed!

Friends, let's step out, even in the midst of our pain. There are millions who are hurting, who need a word, a gentle touch, a hug.

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How do you deal with writer's block?

10 Ways to Break Writer's Block

Writer's block isn't usually about not having ideas. It's about the ideas feeling wrong the second they hit the page. Here's what actually gets me unstuck, in no particular order because none of these work every time.

1. Skip the Scene You're Stuck On: You don't have to write in order. Jump to the scene you're actually excited about and come back to the hard part later, once you know where you're headed.

2. Set a Stupidly Small Goal: Not "write a chapter." Write 100 words. It sounds too easy to matter, and that's exactly why it works, there's no pressure left to freeze up over.

3. Write It Badly On Purpose: Give yourself permission to write the worst possible version of the scene. Once it exists, even badly, you have something to fix instead of a blank page.

4. Change Your Environment: Different room, different chair, coffee shop, whatever. Sometimes the block isn't in your head, it's in the fact that you've been staring at the same four walls for six hours.

5. Talk to Your Character Off the Page: Write a scrap of pure dialogue, no description, no formatting, just your character talking about anything. It gets you back into their voice without the pressure of it needing to go in the book.

6. Read Something in a Completely Different Genre: If you write fantasy, read a thriller. If you write romance, read horror. It resets your brain instead of feeding it more of the same thing it's already stuck on.

7. Take a Walk Without Your Phone: Genuinely, some of my best plot fixes have shown up on a walk with absolutely nothing to distract me from the problem.

8. Switch Formats: If you always type, try writing longhand for a scene, or the other way around. The physical act of writing differently can shake something loose.

9. Free Write for Ten Minutes, No Editing Allowed: Set a timer and just write, anything, even if it's not related to your book. The goal isn't quality, it's just getting your hands moving again without the inner editor showing up.

10. Walk Away Without Guilt: Sometimes the actual fix is stepping back for a day. Writer's block fed by exhaustion doesn't get fixed by forcing more words out of an empty tank.

None of these are magic. Some days you'll try five of these and still be stuck, and that's normal, not a sign you're doing something wrong!

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Random Character Traits!!! Part 12

⟡ Says 'I'm not like other people' and they are correct but not in the way they mean

⟡ Describes their whole personality as 'I'm blunt' to get away with things

⟡ Has a villain origin story for why they hate a specific vegetable

⟡ Apologizes by explaining in great detail why the other person provoked them

⟡ Runs on three hours of sleep and refuses to acknowledge this as the problem

⟡ Considers 'I'll try' a binding legal contract

⟡ Says 'I don't get mad, I get quiet' and expects that to be more comforting

⟡ Starts a sentence with 'no offense' then says the most offensive possible thing

⟡ Has strong opinions about which direction toilet paper should go. Very strong

⟡ Their love language is making fun of the people they care about constantly

⟡ Ghosts someone for a week then reappears with zero explanation and full energy

⟡ Thinks they're the main character and it's impossible to prove them wrong

⟡ Refuses to lose even a board game against a six year old

⟡ Gives extremely detailed unsolicited feedback on things no one showed them

⟡ Makes everything into a competition that wasn't a competition before

⟡ Describes every person they've ever dated as 'crazy' with a straight face

⟡ Says 'I was literally just about to do that' every single time

⟡ Cancels plans and then posts on social media from the place they were supposed to go

⟡ Gets attached to fictional characters but maintains that they are 'emotionally unavailable'

⟡ Explains their entire reasoning for a decision no one questioned

⟡ Doubles down on wrong information and then quietly looks it up later

⟡ Gives very honest opinions about something and says 'you asked' when no one asked

⟡ Says 'I don't care' in a way that makes it obvious they care more than anyone

⟡ Is always five minutes late, exactly, every time, like a curse

⟡ Treats their sleep schedule like a challenge they're deliberately failing

⟡ Their apology starts with 'I'm sorry you felt that way' and gets worse from there

⟡ Takes everything personally but tells others not to be so sensitive

⟡ Has left a store because someone was standing too close to them in the aisle

⟡ Sends 'k' when they're fine and 'okay' when the world is ending

⟡ Refers to the thing they want as 'whatever you want' until you pick wrong

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Bibleverse of the day!

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Daniel Whittle received the inspiration for his song, “There shall be showers of blessing” from the book of Ezekiel. “I will send the showers in season. There will be showers of blessing.” (Ezekiel 34:26) Like Whittle, we all desire blessings in our lives. God wants to bless His people. But we must trust God and obey His word at all times. In times of drought let us trust Him even more. Maybe, drops of mercy are falling now. But wait for the showers. It will soon come. This shower is symbolic of more than just the rain that falls to the earth. It symbolizes the good things that God wants to bring into the lives of those who love and serve Him. Thank You Jesus for the promise of blessing in my life!