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At the beginning of the year, my husband and I were asked to speak for my mother’s group on the topic of marriage. During our talk, I shared some stories on how our kids have impacted our relationship and how I struggle at times with anger and control in raising our four young children…

This past Sunday, I struggled with anger. And it came out of nowhere. Everything under the sun bothered me and I let it out on Jeremiah. I remembered a blog post I read a while back from a well-respected Christian man who discovered that his feelings of discouragement and depression …

… continues to save me from: anger, control, pride, fear, condemnation, envy, shame, bitterness, anxiety, lust. The weight of my sin on the cross was great, but not greater than the One who took it upon his shoulders: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFvMzDlsmig]

This past summer, after finding her writing on Radiant Magazine, I had asked Ashleigh Slater to consider contributing to Small Group Exchange. She ended up submitting  two great articles on leading small groups. Since then, we’ve been in touch as writer friends and I really appreciate her heart for God, her …