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To Hug or Not to Hug–Why the Assembly of Church Family Matters–Psalm 42

May 23, 2020 by Loree

Don’t get me wrong, I love lounging in my pj’s—with no intention of wearing real pants all day.  But after nearly three months of Sunday video services viewed from the sofa, the novelty has worn [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Charles Spurgeon, COVID, exravert, hug, isolation, King David, lament, oxytocin, Psalm 42, worship

How to Feed your Faith and Starve your Fears—Psalm 34

April 18, 2020 by Loree

He waved the green liquid in front of my face like a trophy. “Look, Mom, I found two, do you want one?” And like a dummy, I said I was all good and he could keep both the sanitizers because his little [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Faith, fear, feed faith not fear, Hand sanitizer, isolation, loneliness, pandemic, Psalm 3:4, top 10 list, worry

How to Wait with Peace in These Fearful Times—7 Psalms of Comfort

March 23, 2020 by Loree

I’m obsessed. The virus vernacular litters my speech.  It’s embedded in my thoughts. It haunts my actions as I click and scroll and watch. I lecture my parents about isolating because [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: comfort, coronavirus, death, father-in-law, fear, pandemic, Psalm 20:1, Psalm 22:28-31, Psalm 27:13-14, Psalm 27:14, Psalm 3:3-5, Psalm 8:3-5, Psalm 9:9-10, Psalms, sorrow, trust, wait

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

Living Fearless: How to Banish Guilt and Shame

March 13, 2018 by Loree

"Who has the weirdest item in your purse?" "And the winner is…a dental tray?? Whaaat?" Laughing until your sides ache, playing a raucous game of purse scavenger hunt, sprinkled with wise words [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2 Timothy 1:7, anxiety, Brene Brown, choice, comparison, control, Faith, fear, free, guilt, joy, Ladies Retreat, laugh, promises, Psalm 119:96, Psalm 68:19, shame

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

What Choices Would You Make if You Only Had Thirty-eight Minutes to Live? Three Steps to Living Thankful

January 21, 2018 by Loree

The text message screamed, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”. What followed was thirty-eight excruciating minutes of terror. An ordered world [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, apology, confession, Faith, fear, Hawaii, joy, love, Matthew 6:34, missle, North Korea, prayer, Proverbs 10:6, Psalm 5:11, terror, thankful, Tv, worry

Move Over Santa, Our Joy is in Jesus

December 24, 2017 by Loree

As she slid the register drawer open and and fisted my change, I chirped, "Merry Christmas." She returned the greeting in like, but then turned square on, and scowled, “I’m over it. I wish it was done [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: A Christmas Carol, choice, Ebenezer Scrooge, hope, Jesus, joy, Luke 2:10-14, peace, Santa, Tiny Tim

Are You Hospitable? An Open Letter From a Nomad

October 28, 2017 by Loree

    What happens when you are asked to leave friends and family and move to the other side of the world? I am excited to share a guest post from my dear friend Jamie Boiles who [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Guest Post, Ministry, Praise and Thanks, Travel Tagged: Belay Global, blessings, coffee, DuHope, DUHU, hospitality, I'm just a passing through, Jamie Boiles, Luke 10:2-7, nomad, Rwanda, This world is not my home, Uber, wanderer
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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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