My cousin, Sarah, saw my apprehension and made a promise: “I’ll stand here and watch him the whole time,” she said, “I won’t take my eyes off him.” We were standing over the small form of my 22-month-old son, Luke, who lay unconscious in a hospital bed in the pediatric intensive care unit. A fat […]
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If you like this message and think it could help someone, please share it. Thanks! I had a season of life not long ago when anxiety ruled my days and haunted my nights. This painful period provoked questions about God: why is He letting me suffer? Why doesn’t He feel close? What does it feel
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Hi! If this post inspires you, would you consider sharing it on Pinterest or Facebook? Thanks! Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2 NKJV A boy, head down, muscles taut, legs spotted with bruises, pulling a red wagon through the yard.
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Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be
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Hi, you made it! Since you survived the super-long part 1 devotional on Psalm 1, you might as well tough it out and read part 2, below. Didn’t catch part 1? Read it here. In part 1, we learned about avoiding trouble by 1. Being careful who we allow to influence us, and ensuring that
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I love self-help books. When relationships are going off the rails, then you’ll find me at the library digging through the 742 stacks (that’s Dewey Decimal system for the self-help relationship books). If you were hiding behind my couch, spying on me as I pored over the pages, you’d see me nodding and “ah”-ing and
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I thought life was a dance, but I was just twirling on thin ice. People thought I was a strong Christian, and I agreed. Appearances can be deceiving, can’t they? The evidence pointed toward a woman who had it together: A woman who planned a mission trip to Ghana with her mom, taught Sunday School,
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I was steaming, and I’m not talking about broccoli. Yet another nasty encounter with That person. She cursed me with the F-bomb and stalked out of the house. Confrontations like this were common. It wasn’t like walking on eggshells around her – I was stomping on glass. Trapped in this hateful cycle, I was desperate
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