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When You Want to Shine On Brightly

When You Want to Shine On Brightly

I was at the DMV when I realized times had changed. I could not make out the teeny tiny letters on the bottom line of the eye exam chart. I’d always had perfect vision, so I grumbled quite a bit when my husband drove me to the optometrist office a few weeks later. I wanted…

When You Fight for Breakthrough in the Battlefield of Prayer

When You Fight for Breakthrough in the Battlefield of Prayer

Somedays you end up in a battlefield fighting on your knees. This was one of those days. My phone started to ding and I picked it up to read a very discouraging message. Someone I loved was in distress. Just a few days earlier, my friend had been released from the hospital after battling COVID….

When You Need God’s Grace to Empower You to Stay in the Fight

When You Need God’s Grace to Empower You to Stay in the Fight

“Lord, I need grace I don’t have.” I sat on the couch in his office and silently prayed for God to help me to respond kindly. Across from me sat my boss who was a Christian man, and I worked at a Christian school.  Over the course of several weeks, he had questioned my capabilities, misrepresented…

How to Conquer the Christmas Blues When You’re Heartbroken

How to Conquer the Christmas Blues When You’re Heartbroken

I had lunch with a friend this week who confessed she was battling the Christmas blues. She was hemming and hawing about putting up her tree, and she hadn’t wrapped one Christmas present. This year has been hard for her family, and she just isn’t feeling very merry and bright. I reached across the table…

When You Need to Trust Your God Is Absolutely Faithful

When You Need to Trust Your God Is Absolutely Faithful

“Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous…. Listen to my cry for mercy; in Your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.” (Psalm 143:1, NLT & NIV) I heard from my friend this week. She’d been silent for a few days. I shared some hard things that our…

4 Promises to Help Revive the Weary Woman

4 Promises to Help Revive the Weary Woman

I haven’t had any words for a while to share. I had to ask God to help revive me from the dead. My weary heart is just plain tired of all the heavy stuff that never seems to get any better. I fall on my knees and cry out to God with tears running down…

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