Tag: waiting
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Jesus is Our Healer
I tend to get anxious when in a hospital, but on the day of my recent surgery, I had nothing but peace. After checking in for my early morning call time, I opened the Bible app on my phone and read the verse of the day, Revelation 21:4, on my phone. I knew it was…
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On the Brink of Blooming
April. The first glimpses of spring glistened in the sunlight. Flower buds emerged from the ground, just enough to see pastel colors peek through the semi-fresh blades of grass. It was still chilly in the air, but we had finally gotten past the frost of the winter. (Or so, we all had hoped.) For the…
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Finding Joy in Unexpected Waiting
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” – Psalm 90:12 (ESV) At the start of the year, I scheduled an important appointment. I was hopeful…until I learned it was going to be almost a year away. I normally trust God’s timing, especially when it makes sense. But…
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Advent Anticipations
In this Advent season, it’s so easy to get wrapped up (quite literally!) in the hustle of the holidays: gift shopping, decorating, baking, all the TV specials – you name it! I’m a fan of finding the best gingerbread lattes, which is quite harder than it sounds. We spend 4 weeks anticipating Christmas Day and…
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Fix Your Gaze
Have you ever been so close to something that you miss seeing it? It’s like when I can’t find my phone and it’s on the table in front of me. It’s there the whole time; I just don’t see it. In an interview with the New York Times, psychologist Christopher Chabris explained why this happens.…
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Waiting Well, Standing Strong
I’ve held onto this devotional for close to a year. It was the one God gave me to share the words I wish I had when I was going through the hardest season of my life. I recently spoke on this topic, having organized the first women’s breakfast at my church campus, and gave powerful…
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1 Year (The Inevitable)
“but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” – Isaiah 40:31 (ESV) My counselor warned me to brace myself. This is the time when trauma can hit hard, no matter how…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 3)
Click here to read part 1 and click here for part 2. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t overthink things. As a child, I was always one to analyze the details. I was a strong reader and writer, motivated to discover and learn. Languages and logic became interests, which eventually…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 2)
Click here to read part 1 Have you ever felt stuck, having accepted the past yet unable to move forward? There’s no easy way to navigate being sandwiched in between the reality of what was and the possibilities of what will be. The disappointments have settled in and became a part of a new normal.…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 1)
“You’re not stuck.” That’s the word God gave me in church a few weeks ago. That morning, I found out about another disappointment, another loss, I’d soon have to face. I went to church to escape this reality, only to sit through a sermon about change. The takeaway point was that change can be a…
Consider the Joy 