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What Now? How To Cope When Your Best Laid Plans Go Awry—Psalm 139

May 16, 2020 by Loree

I messed up big time. Those words zinged like a wind-up car ricocheting through my brain. What was I thinking?  The news reports showed multitudes of airports with deserted corridors and [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Airline flight, anxiety, COVID, divine timing, frustration, Psalm 139, scheme, social distance, worry

Hard COVID Truths From an ICU Nurse in New Jersey: Psalms 10 and 13

April 25, 2020 by Loree

Lindsey Thompson April 17 at 9:06 PM My mask was soaking wet today.  Not with sweat like it usually is. (Well, maybe a little)  It was wet with tears.  It was soaking wet [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Life & Work, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: concentration camp quote, concentrations camp qote, COVID, doubt, fear, ICU nurse, nurse, Psalm 10, Psalm 13, sacrifice, steadfast love, why?, worry

10 Ways to Be Good to Yourself and Others in this COVID Crazy World—Psalms #2

April 4, 2020 by Loree

Like Sully the big blue monster from Jett's favorite animated movie—Monsters Inc, I set a new scare-record. I’ve gone three whole weeks with no make-up. Eek! As a Texas-bred gal, I was raised in the [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Beloved, COVID, fear, jpurnal, kindness, lonliness, peace, Psalm 29

The Psalms: How to Find A Covid-19 Balm For Your Anxiety

March 29, 2020 by Loree

Today was the day. I wondered when the shoe would drop. Who would be the first in my circle of friends and acquaintances to sicken…? Who will be the first in yours? The dark missive arrived this [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: belief, Covid-19, hope, Psalm 3:3, Psalms, War

When You Need a Holy Rewire–7 Ways to Slow Down

February 29, 2020 by Loree

If you picked a word of the year, how ya doing? If you didn’t it’s never too late. My WOTY keeps kicking me across the room. But that’s the point right? To chose something I excel at, or easily focus [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys Tagged: David, disciples, grandpa, Habakkak 2;3, hurry, Jesus temptation, King Saul, Moses, recharge, rush, trust, withdraw, word of the year

Five Words and Five Scriptures To Help Create a Beautiful Life

February 10, 2020 by Loree

Like a monster from Hell, hungry flames leap toward the sky, devouring every morsel in its path. Driven by drought and the extreme summer temperatures, Australian fires rage on. As of February first, [Read more...]

Posted in: grace, Life & Work, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Australian fires, encouragement, hospitality, Johns 3:16, Matthew 7:12, Phillipians 4:6, Prov 18:4, social media, tolerance, wombats, word of the year

How to Be All In When Asked to do Hard Things

July 7, 2018 by Loree

You want me to do what? Move back to Texas??  I argued with God. I whined. I balked. I asked for three fleece. I felt a bit like Gideon, but my request was for one more than Gideon even asked [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, Avengers, blessings, comfort, comfort zone, Deborah, dread, family, friendship, Gideon, Hulk, joys, Judges, Judges 6:17-20, Judges 6:36-38, Judges 6:39-40, Judges 7:15, Moving, peace, plans, Samson, Texas, trust, Wonder Woman, work

Could You Use a Good Laugh Today? 10 Hilarious and True Facts about Motherhood

May 12, 2018 by Loree

For your Mother’s Day enjoyment, here are my favorite mom facts and quotes modernized with a hashtag: 1.  #Detectivework: Silence is golden unless you have kids. Then it is just suspicious. 2.  [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Poetry, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys Tagged: chocolate, encourage, exhaustion, fear, grace, hashtag, hilarious, kids, laugh, love, messy, mother, Mother's Day, Perfect, Philippians 4:7, worry

Three Quick Ways to Find Peace When Chaos Rules the Day

April 21, 2018 by Loree

He looked rumpled like an unmade bed, as if he had fought hard for his peace. But with his charming demeanor, this whimsical bear seemed to be begging me to grasp the secret he knew deep. Carved with [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: annoyance, anxiety, beauty, breathe, carpool, Colossians 3:15, distraction, John 14:27, nature, obsession, peace, Pray, Psalm 23, sunrise, sunset, worry

The Miracle Cure to Worry

March 3, 2018 by Loree

But answers are often not so quick. Or at least answered so I can see them. So when it comes down to my own prayer walk, I can stay connected to God's tubes of life-giving air…or not. I really have [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Forgiveness, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxious, death, disbelieve, Faith, fear, forgive, illness, miracle, Philippians 4:6-7, pneumonia, prayer, Sin, worry
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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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