I really want to end this week on an upbeat note. My former posts this week have been deep, hard places. But I want you to know that grief no longer digs its claws in me or takes my breath away. The ache is still there, especially when the seasons change, but I’m okay. I’m more than okay. I know …
When I Stopped Praying
A few years ago I road a roller-coaster ride in prayer. Up to that point, though my prayers weren’t always answered just as petitioned, they were favorable enough often enough to feel like I was hand in hand with God. I usually like roller coasters. But this one was not fun. The thrill of the ups and downs and upside downs …
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What Helps You Trust God?
Worry is the facade of taking action when prayer really is. ~ Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts Photo by Kim M. Andrist I don’t consider myself a worrier. But I know that term is relative. There is a long and wide spectrum to that cumbersome thing called worry. In fact, as I type, I realize how I’ve prided myself on …
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How to Receive the Blessings of the Storehouse in Heaven
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there will be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty,” and see if I will not throw open the flood gates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it” (Malachi 3:10).I was a little nervous. It’s been almost …
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Spiritual Warfare: Do you have a hole in your shield?
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord rebuke you! Is this man not a burning stick snatched from the fire? Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood …
