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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: FRESH (04/29/21)
Finally, I’m finding freedom from the “Feed the flesh first” facade. Freedom from the farfetched fantasy, the fabricated fallacy, that life, from first to finish finds its fulfillment as

Reality revolves ridiculously around me. Realizing, rightly, I’m not the axis of the rotation, really. It’s refreshing to remember the Redeemer, the Righteous One, to reestablish His role and return Him to the

Epicenter of me, of everything. Ending my ego’s eager grab for enduring worth, my earnest desire to excel, to exaggerate my own part in the Eternal’s story here on Earth. Exterminating exalted ego is exhausting and yet

Seriously simple. As I start seeking His specific stipulations, start singing His songs, and swaying to His symphony, changing center, I stop seeing from the same self seeking, self centric, (not surprisingly) sin sodden state of

Heart. Here I happily hear His heart and begin becoming whole and Holy. Heart His. Whole heart His and healing from the hurts of humanness. As I hold to Him, He helps me like I never could help myself! Whole, holy, whole, holy. Like a heartbeat as I say hallelujah, He is center.
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Holly Westefeld
05/06/21
I like how you set this up as an acrostic. While I like alliteration, and pursuing it gave you some terrific turns of phrase, it seemed a bit overdone, but that may just be me. You have a marvelous message here!
Laura Manley
05/08/21
I found your entry to have a nice, "fresh" approach to the challenge. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
Sue Botte 
05/09/21
I thorougly enjoyed reading your article, and reading it again. Thank you for taking the time to write it.
Bea Edwards 
05/11/21
So very, very clever.

Well done! No red ink here, just a big grin of pleasure over my morning. Thank you.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
05/12/21
You have a great beginning that pulled me in. This was still on topic even without the alliteration, which was fun.