“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing” John 15:5. As I stand at the base of the garden, listening to the quite of the evening, meditating on the words of Jesus in […]
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As we move into Mother’s Day I’ve heard Jesus softly whispering to the discouraged, “It’s ok to feel. Come to me, and I will give you rest. What can I do for you? You can trust me with your hurts and disappointments.” In this season of my life, as a mother of two preteens, two
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Everything beautiful always begins with a willingness to surrender. This thought continues to race through my mind as I sit in the hospital room with my 95-year-old grandma. She lives in Pittsburg. I live in Mississippi. This distance, I’m embarrassed to admit, kept us from seeing each other for eight years. I wish I hadn’t
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Dear Brave Soul, On behalf of the church as a fellow Believer, I just wanted to reach out and say I’m sorry. Your pain and grief is seen and I’m sorry we didn’t allow space and time for you to grieve your loss. And I’m even more sorry we fill the uncomfortable silence with Christian clichés. You are
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I’ll never forget the morning I gave birth to my first son. I felt such a sense of accomplishment as the nurse laid him on my chest and said, “It’s a boy!” I cried and kept repeating the phrase, “I did it! I did it!” I had been in labor for twelve hours, in excruciating
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Deep inside, where no one can see, where I seldom go myself, is a restlessness. It’s been years of ignoring it, by doing more and living for approval and recognition rather than living out my truest self. Maybe the one thing holding you back from being your truest self isn’t living for approval or recognition.
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Do you ever tell yourself you’ll finally have peace when the house is clean and de-cluttered? Or when the kids finally get along? Maybe when things settle down in the world? Or when that one relationship is restored? Maybe you’re waiting to be financially set, and debt is paid off. It seems we are always
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You know that moment when you meet someone, and you just know? Whether it’s through social media or face-to-face you just know that they are meant for your journey–and you love their story and the way they string words together, and the more you get to know them you know you’ve met an extraordinary soul.
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“Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blooming.” Song of Songs 2:15 Recently, I’ve begun to put action to the dreams God has laid on my heart. Saying “yes” to a few pretty big projects have required me to depend on God in a new way.
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As the calendar flings itself into a new year, I sense the Lord’s leading to uncharted waters. Instead of excitement, I began to list off all my shortcomings. Explaining away what God was placing in my heart and believing the lies rather than trusting the Spirit’s leading. Deep within my soul, where no one could
