Category: Devotions
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When You’re Up Against a Wall
“Thank you for seeing me at the wall.” A girl with a lemon-patterned wristlet whispered to me. She smiled at me as she made her way into the church sanctuary. She hadn’t been to a service in years and I was the first face to welcome her in the lobby. When I met her, she…
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Divine Detours + Daffodils
Every year in mid-April, a local park flourishes with daffodils. I didn’t plan time to visit this spring, even though I wanted to. When I was on my way home after visiting a friend, the Holy Spirit prompted me not to take the highway. I didn’t know why/ Within seconds, my car had an issue.…
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Some Thoughts on Rejection (COMPEL post)
Hey friends! Today I’m sharing a social media post that I submitted through COMPEL writing and it won! You can see it on their social media pages this week. This is my post: You see the heading. It’s the email you’ve been anticipating. As you rush to open it, you see the first few words…
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants to Render Your Story Completed
Click here to read previous entries to this series. As we conclude this series on full-circle moments, it’s imperative to note one thing: with full-circle moments, nothing is left undone. Think about it as if you’re drawing a circle on a piece of paper. You begin with that first event or occurrence as the starting…
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants to Reveal Himself in Your Story
Click here to read previous entries to this series. For the past year and 10 months, my life has been anything but stable. Losses, grief, transitions, and new beginnings have consumed the space that had once been occupied by stability. Even now, when I think my feet are firmly planted, another unexpected change shakes up…
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God Rejoices in Your Resilience (COMPEL post)
Hey friends! Today I’m sharing a social media post that I submitted through COMPEL training for women in ministry.You can see it on their Facebook and Instagram pages today. This is my post: Do you struggle with overwhelm and finding pockets of time to write? When I dedicated this season of writing to the Lord,…
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants to Redeem Your Story
Click here to read previous entries to this series. Redemption “He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’…
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants to Refine Your Story
Click here to read previous entries to this series. The Refinement Process When I hear the word “refine,” I think of sea glass. My friend Ann uses sea glass in her artwork to depict the refinement process. With a history of alcoholism in the family, Ann was attentive to the chipped, sharp bottles left behind…
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Full-Circle Moments: God Wants You to Remember Your Story
Do you remember what your future plans were when you graduated high school? Maybe you wanted to get into your top-choice university. Maybe you wanted to take a year to travel the world. Or maybe you desired to enter the workforce or start a family. In my high school yearbook, we had a “future plans”…
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Don’t Forget The Armor
When midnight prompted 2023 to begin this year, I didn’t anticipate big changes. I just wanted to get some sleep before an early morning at church. It was supposed to be a happy new year. I originally was going to share about how I woke up, exhausted and running on a few hours of sleep,…
Consider the Joy 