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in November 2024
An Important Reminder This Thanksgiving + Advent Devotional
As I spoke to my bestie on the phone the other day, she said to me, “I’m already getting nervous just thinking about the season coming up.”
Her worry sprang from an already bursting-at-the-seams schedule that was only going to get more cluttered during the holidays. I don’t think she’s alone in stressing about the Christmas ...
Walking Alongside Anxiety—A Poem
Choking your joy, held in its grip,
Stealing your peace, it won’t let you slip.
Anxiety attacks.
I see you crumble, lose your sleep,
Yet, you don’t give up—even if you weep.
Anxiety hovers.
“It will be okay,” I want to say—
I don’t know how, God, please show us the way.
Anxiety persists.
The breakthrough awaits, heaven seems silent…
Yet, under the weight of ...
Finding Purpose in the “Whatever”
I walk into the bedroom and am greeted by an unmade bed. I’ve just returned from dropping the kids off at school, after giving them breakfast and packing the husband’s lunch dabba.
I take a deep breath, swallow my irritation, and proceed to make the bed.
Inside my head, though, a monologue begins: “365 times. That’s how many ...
Can I Push Through?
Can I Push Through?
Can I push through the pain?
Discard the rejection?
Turn from self-pity?
Tell fear it doesn’t win?
Can I be like the woman?
Broken, bleeding—yet hopeful,
Twelve years an outcast,
Asking, “God, is this Your will?”
Can I push past the people?
Weave through the crowds?
Ignore the rude glances?
Seek help ‘coz I’m not too proud?
She came from behind Jesus,
Not wanting to ...
MEET SUSAN
