Category: Spiritual
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3 Words That Should Impact All Your Decisions
Should I take this job? Can I make this purchase? Do I pursue this relationship? How do I respond to this opportunity? Our lives are full of major and minor decisions. A minute ago, you decided to click on a link that led you to this post. How do you make good decisions that honor…
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My Best Thought Today
Sunday afternoon. It’s already been a full day. I woke up feeling slammed, prayed desperately for strength and patience, attended two church services, met new people, sang about Jesus with hundreds of other believers, had many joyful and encouraging conversations, had a couple heavy conversations, listened to my husband preach about the worth of Jesus,…
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How the Gospel Applies to Your #MomFails
The blue light from my phone glowed in the dark hotel room: 6:03 AM. I had gone to bed at a decent time, so I should have woken up rested. Except I didn’t. The reason I didn’t sleep well lay in the room with me: four reasons to be precise. Those four reasons are also…
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When a Meal Helped Me Hope
When I was just shy of 20 weeks pregnant with Karis, my water broke. I wrote that story in more detail here, but all you need to know is that I was on bedrest and we were desperately asking God to spare her life. During this time, people from our church showed us love like…
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Why It’s Hard to Trust God
Here’s the ugly truth: We don’t like to trust God. We talk about it, sing songs about it, and make beautiful art about it, but we’re not very good at actually trusting in God alone. Trusting God means I’m not trusting myself. It means I’m not trying to figure the problem out as if I’m…