nikiflorica
Insights of the Round Table
It's 10:30 p.m. and I'm sitting on the floor with my puppy, tired, but feeling that inner twist of inspiration that keeps me from calling...
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nikiflorica
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Our Great Expectations
Charles Dickens wrote a novel in 1860 about a poor boy whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of his "great expectations"—a...
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nikiflorica
- Jul 25
- 3 min
My Battle With Legalism (Part 1)
I've been struggling. My focus has been all over the place, my energy has been low, and my "God-time" has been contesting with everything...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 6
- 3 min
I'm Pretty Sure I Love You...?
"Love" is one of those words we all think we understand. "I love you" is probably one of the first phrases we learn to say as kids. It's...
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nikiflorica
- Apr 18
- 3 min
I'm Tired. But Aren't We All?
"To every thing there is a season" (Ecc. 3:1). Life is made up of seasons. Seasons of abundance and seasons of want, seasons of...
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nikiflorica
- Apr 3
- 3 min
What Is Wrong With You? You Should Be Better!
At a recent church event, I was praying for a friend with a few others when the focus shifted suddenly to me and my struggles. What...
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nikiflorica
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Though I walk through the garage, I will fear no evil. . .
My puppy, Reggie, is afraid of the garage. She loves going outside, bounds down the stairs no problem, trots out the garage door like the...
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nikiflorica
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Psst. I Have a Valentine For You.
Excluding the candy swaps in fifth grade, February 14 has never really been on my radar, but the older I get the more my heart goes out...
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nikiflorica
- Jan 24
- 3 min
A Favourite Wish
I've been grappling lately with what C.S. Lewis calls "favourite wishes"—dreams or desires that are close to our hearts but must be...
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nikiflorica
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
So What's the Deal with Me?
I don't normally let more than a week slide by between posts, but I don't normally let myself off the hook in general, so this could be a...
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nikiflorica
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
"When Everything Gets Easy"
"I pull you close to me when this life cuts deep But when everything gets easy it's easy not to keep you first." (Riley Clemmons, "When...
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nikiflorica
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
Thankful-Coloured Glasses
Christianity asks us to do a really hard thing when it comes to how we feel about ourselves. On one hand, we need to be brutally honest....
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nikiflorica
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Eph'pha-tha.
The moment I saw this Hebrew phrase on the page of Mark 7, I knew I had to blog about it. I knew because I felt called out by it....
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nikiflorica
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
"Hurry Up and Wait"
Surprise—I'm still here! Although normally I try to post blogs even while I'm on vacation, this year, I decided to give myself a break...
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nikiflorica
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
5 Reasons to Just Watch The Chosen Already!!
I'm a passionate person. When I love something, I want other people to love it, too. And when that thing happens to be edifying,...
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nikiflorica
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Say Yes.
I talked last week about the human will. Well, I'm still talking about it. In Luke 18, Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. It was near the end of...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Back on YouTube! And How That Miracle Happened
The title says it all. After a little hiatus to get myself organized and listen for God's guiding voice, I'm resurrecting the ol'...
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nikiflorica
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Prayer Doesn't Rhyme With Failure
I had a rough day last week. A Thursday, but if we're being honest, I wasn't feeling very Thankful. Some new-ish responsibilities at work...
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nikiflorica
- May 10, 2021
- 2 min
Reason, Prayer, and Why They Go Together Like PB and J
May 6th was the National Day of Prayer and Day of Reason—a thought-provoking combination. Benjamin Franklin once said, "The way to see by...
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nikiflorica
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Worker's Prayer
I recently saw a post that said something along the lines of, "Be the best at whatever you do," and it struck me as slightly far-fetched....
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