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  • Overcoming Trials

    5 Gifts Found in the Valley of Weeping

    April 2, 2025 /

    Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with blessings. Psalm 84:6 AMP The Gifts We Find in the Valley of Weeping A chorus of birdsong ascends out the window, almost as if encouraging us to hope again—reminding us that seasons change, and a master Creator has ordered the ebb and flow of the world he holds in his hand. As I sit at the window and greet the day, I thank God for the gift of springtime sunshine and the shift away from the long, dark winter months. Opening my Bible, the words of Psalm 84 capture…

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    10 Bible Verses for Peace and Calm

    May 27, 2020

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  • Overcoming Trials

    God’s Restoration: 3 Steps to Healing and Peace

    January 15, 2025 /

    A full moon lifts her pale face above the horizon as I amble along the snowy path. Blinded by the brilliance, I breathe deeply as God’s restoration washes over me. As often as possible, I walk through this field as the late afternoon daylight fades to dusk.  Here, I find space to let go of my cares and connect with my Creator.  Here, I find peace. Perhaps you long for God’s restorative touch as well. Today, we’ll discuss how to embrace God’s restoration, peace, and healing as we follow his directives in Scripture.  This might include taking an evening walk in the moonlight, but we don’t need to leave the…

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    Walking in Victory Scriptures

    12 “Walking in Victory Scriptures” for Life’s Battles

    August 2, 2017

    8 Comforting Bible Verses for Trials and Tribulations

    March 30, 2022

    7 Ways God Uses Brokenness for Good

    September 27, 2023
  • Overcoming Trials

    Why Does God Test Us? (3 Reasons)

    November 20, 2024 /

    Do you have a sense that God has been testing you?  God does not tempt us, but he does put us through tests to help us grow and build our character.  Maybe you’ve been asking the question, “Why does God test us?”  We’ll look at three reasons for God’s tests today. The following words are taken directly from our new mother-daughter devotional book, Heart to Heart.  Find this book here today! Why Does God Test Us? “God left him alone only to test him, so that He might know everything that was in his heart.” 2 Chronicles 32:31 About 10 years ago, I sensed God calling me to start writing…

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    God Is Enough for Every Storm You Face

    May 6, 2020

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  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    Why Has God Abandoned Me?

    November 13, 2024 /

    Have you ever asked the question, “Why has God abandoned me?” When life is difficult, it often feels as though God has forgotten and forsaken us.  Today, I invite you to join me as I share an excerpt from our new book, Heart to Heart, and we’ll talk about what to do when we feel forgotten by God. Why has God abandoned me? Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or in dread of them, for the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you. Deuteronomy 31:6 I spent much of my early twenties wondering if God had abandoned me.  After a series…

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    Rejection Is God's Protection

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  • Bible Truth for Everyday Life

    God Uses Broken Vessels, and He Wants to Use You

    October 30, 2024 /

    Have you ever felt too broken to be used by God?  Bekah and I are sharing another devotion from our mother-daughter devotional book, Heart to Heart: A Mother-Daughter Devotional With 50 Devotions for Teen Girls.  Let’s talk about the ways God uses broken vessels for his glory. This devotion is directed toward teen girls but is true for all of us in our brokenness. God Uses Broken Vessels Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves…

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  • Overcoming Trials

    Lead Me to the Rock That Is Higher Than I

    August 7, 2024 /

    “Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.  Lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:1-2, ESV). Lead Me to the Rock That is Higher Than I We sit in the yard as the songbirds swoop beneath the pale blue canopy overhead. It’s hard to believe August has come.  The sun is setting earlier, and the nights will soon grow cooler.  These shorter days speak of what’s to come, and I’m not sure I’m ready. Long summer days spent sitting in the backyard and swimming in the creek will draw to a close. …

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    7 Bible Verses About Being Stuck (and Tips for Breaking Free)

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    June 7, 2023

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    February 22, 2023
  • Transformation

    Lean Into Grace and Experience God’s Healing and Freedom

    January 2, 2024 /

    What do you do when your life lacks the healing, freedom, and joy you long for—when you feel stuck and don’t know where to turn?  In these moments, God invites us to lean into grace as he works in our lives to accomplish what we cannot do in our human strength. I have exciting news to share with you today! After years of hard work, intensive editing, and much prayer, I’d like to introduce you to my new book, Lean Into Grace: Let God’s Grace Heal Your Heart, Refresh Your Soul, and Set You Free. Here’s a quick description of what you’ll find within the pages of this raw and…

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    5 Morning Routines to Help You Start Your Day With God

    October 19, 2022

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    January 8, 2019

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  • Overcoming Trials

    When Christmas Is Hard: 5 Insights to Give You Hope

    December 13, 2023 /

    Snow falls heavily like flour through a sifter, and I’m alone with only my thoughts and the hushed whisper of flakes gathering on frozen earth.  As I sit beneath the hemlocks, I’m reminded of a season years ago when our family was suffering at Christmas.  It can be challenging to know where to turn when Christmas is hard instead of celebratory. When Christmas Is Hard Our difficult Christmas came after a year filled with illness, disappointment, and deep grief. We’d just watched a lifelong dream go up in smoke, and we weren’t sure where to turn next. We were grieving, and we were having a hard time embracing the Christmas…

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    3 Ways to Draw Close to God When You’re Weary and Worn

    October 23, 2019

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    May 29, 2019

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  • Overcoming Trials

    7 Ways God Uses Brokenness for Good

    September 27, 2023 /

    The first storm of fall comes with gusty gales and breaks loose the brittle branches and untethered leaves. I have a deep sense of my own brokenness as the leaves scatter across the yard, and a question stirs in my heart:  If God uses brokenness for good, how do we turn to God and find beauty in the brokenness? God Uses Brokenness Perhaps it comes with remembering the ways God uses our brokenness. The world tells us to avoid suffering, failure, and brokenness.  However, Jesus offers a different invitation.  He invites us to embrace suffering, failure, and brokenness. We cannot become spiritually mature without adversity. This truth is difficult to…

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    God Has a Plan for You—Even When He Seems Silent

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    January 29, 2025

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    July 3, 2019
  • Overcoming Trials

    Your Pain Has a Purpose, and This Is Part of It . . .

    May 10, 2023 /

    A wide arc of geese honks overhead like a black thread woven through the grey.  I watch them from the deck and remember a similar evening several years ago.  I sat on this same deck and let these words wash over me: “Your pain has a purpose.  Don’t rush through this valley of suffering.” I was at the end of a long season of suffering, and most of the time, I couldn’t see the purpose of the pain. It seemed entirely unnecessary. Maybe you can relate.  You want to know your pain has a purpose.  Meanwhile, for the most part, it seems unnecessary. Your pain has a purpose, and this…

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