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Give Thanks in ALL Circumstances? How??
On the eve of Thanksgiving, we walk through tired hospital corridors. We are there to visit a friend, but we can’t meet him because he’s still in the ICU. His sister watches the clock in the waiting room. She is emotionally exhausted—but she is also remarkably resilient. As we talk to her, there’s something else—through ...
What Does Trusting God in the Storm Really Look Like?
We’ve all heard it before: "Just trust God."
Well-meaning friends and family advise us to weather life's storms by trusting in God. Our pastors mention it from the stage almost every week. Blog writers (like yours truly) echo the same sentiment (with the best of intentions, I should add).
And with good reason. The Bible mentions the ...
Bible Plan: Tackling Disappointment
In the third week of our June series, we are diving into disappointment. More specifically, we're looking at how to handle the inevitable disappointments, detours, and delays that we're dealt with.
We’ve all been there. The closed door. The broken relationship. The rejection. The loss. None of us are immune to disappointment. While we don't pretend ...
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 ...
Marriage Ain’t About You
A couple of days ago, my husband and I celebrated our 19th anniversary in a rather “special” way. I use inverted commas around the word ‘special’ to convey semi-sarcasm.
We’ve always done something special (no inverted commas) for our anniversary. Even when the kids were screeching, red-faced hatchlings, thanks to indulgent grandparents offering to babysit, we ...
Where Are You Looking?
Have you heard of a syndrome called Text Neck? It’s a real thing. If we’re being honest, though, it’s not exactly a surprising thing. Chances are, you’ve already guessed what “Text Neck” syndrome is.
Here’s how one website breaks it down: “Text neck (or tech neck) is a syndrome that happens after a repeated amount of ...
Start With One Small Step
As I look out the window of the living room of my 9th-floor apartment, my heart skips a beat. A little girl, about three or four years old, stands on the 6th floor of a building under construction next door to us. Her mom bends over the cement blocks a couple of feet away from ...
3 Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed
Okay, I get it. The absolute last thing you need when you’re overwhelmed is another list telling you what to do. You’re already drowning in an ocean of relentless demands. You would rather not have Christianese slammed at you when all you want to do is curl under the comforter and hibernate for an embarrassingly ...
“Keep Your Courage…”
Remember that rhyme, “Row, row, row your boat”? Evidently, we can sail ever so "gently down the stream" because after all “life is but a dream.”
I’m not sure who penned that rhyme or what kind of “happy” state of mind they were in when they wrote it, but turns out that life is anything but ...
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