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This Means War: Choose to Refuse (To be a Hater)

August 19, 2017 by Loree

Hate Spills Venomous javelins Like a volcano of destruction, decimating anything in it’s deliberate path. Spewed to elevate belligerent divisives And decimate differents. Tainting rancid our [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Poetry, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Psalm 27:3, Psalm 33:16, Psalm 46:9, War

The Secret Sauce to Finding Peace: Bobsledding Terror Turned Triumph

August 12, 2017 by Loree

Tamping anxiety down into my hip pocket, I tried not to think about it, How bad could it be? If they let the public sign up it must be safe, though the list of health warnings on the ticketing [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: adventure, answer is always yes, anxiety, bobsled, fear, inner tubeing, pain, praise, Psalm 5:3-4, ropes course, trust, Utah Olympic Park, Write Brilliant, writer, zip line

Confession Time: I’m Glad God Gives Me More Than One Strike

July 22, 2017 by Loree

I hadn't done something so dumb since I was a teenager. Cars whizzed by me at seventy miles an hour.The wind force of the trucks rocked my stationary SUV like a Volkswagen in a cyclone. The [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Marriage, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: busy, Concert in the Park, grace, one strike, out of gas, Psalm 73:26, strength, thankful

Plan Your Escape: How to Survive in the Deserts of Life

June 24, 2017 by Loree

I've never been buzzed by a hummingbird before. Or two or five. As if in a dare, they darted fearless, while I wrote at my canyon top perch in the midst of their breakfast. Cocooned by a radiant [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: blessed, blessing, dare, Decker Canyon, desert, dust, escape, fear, flourish, forgetful, High Plains, Jeremiah 12:2, Malibu, Norfolk Pine, nourished, survive, trials, West Texas

Why God Is Not Mad At Me When I Forget Him: Three Ways To Help Your Focus

June 17, 2017 by Loree

I perched tall on the cushioned pew, trying to focus, warbling a hymn of love. The cross projected heroic on the screen, pierced my heart while I gazed silent rapt. Then a phone Brrrrings [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: busy, communion, doubt, encourage, Focus, forgiveness, God's love, guilt, love, Psalm 135:1-5, Psalm 139:23-24, remember, thankful

When Betrayals Run Deep—He Still Calls Me Friend: From Gethsemane to the Golgotha (Israel #9)

April 16, 2017 by Loree

Brash Peter, chest pumped full, head raised lofty, So sure of his courage. So sure of his loyalty Even if all the rest of them fall away, even if I have to die with you, I am stronger than [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Israel Trip, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: betrayal, courage, forgive, friend, Gethsemane, Golgotha, Judas, loyalty, Luke 23:34, Matthew 26, Matthew 27, Olive tree, Peter, Pilate, Via Delorosa

God Has Patience For We The Wishy-Washy: (Israel #2) Showdown at Mount Carmel

February 25, 2017 by Loree

To think I was standing on a place where God wrought a mind-blowing miracle, a mountain where unprecedented drama unfolded thousands of years ago. Where his presence glowed through the answered prayer [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 1 Kings 18:16-45, Ahab, Baal, confidence, Elijah, faithful, Jezebel, prayer, Sin, wishy-washy

The “Don’t Make a New Year’s Resolution List” Resolution

January 7, 2017 by Loree

It stares sour. Recriminations whisper ire. My curly handwriting blurs before my eyes and dances death’s dirge. Months have marched steadily past, Ushering in defeat that taunts like a school yard [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: bible study, content, defeat, faithfulness, fasting, fruits of the spirit, Galatians 5, gentleness, goodness, joy, keeping the Sabbath, kindness, love, meditation, memorization, New years resolution, one word, patience, peace, prayer, procrastination, self-control, self-denial, service, silence, simplicity, solitude, spiritual discipline, submission, Timothy 4:7, worship

An Open Letter to Santa–Make Way for the Real Reason for the Season

December 17, 2016 by Loree

I talked to you in the mall last night. Nearing closing time, the line of anxious children had ended and you greeted me warm by your “North Pole” sign. So I stopped and had a chat with you. I don’t [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: commercialism, Faith, hope, humble, John 1:10-13, Santa, saving grace, Savior, thankful

A Bazillion Questions I don’t Know the Answer to But One I Do

December 10, 2016 by Loree

You entered this beautiful, broken world as we all did, Red, Wrinkled Helpless. Did you wail unsure as your tiny body birthed into the cool air? Were you fussy and colicky in that hay filled [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: baby Jesus, betrayal, blessed, broken, change his mind, fairness, frog, God-consciousness, heaven, humble, Jesus, John 13:1, justice, love, Luke 2:7, manger, Oh Holy Night, pain, regret, sorrow, temple, temptation, thankful, twelve years old, worth
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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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