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Three Ways To Banish Discontent And Revive Hope

September 24, 2016 by Loree

She captivated me.Her smile spread wide contagious. Personality bubbled happy like the hot pink blouse she wore. Hope seeped from every pore. Though she spoke no english, I felt her joy. I felt [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, discontent, envy, Faith, flawless, forgiveness, hope, new-age, Perfect, pure, read daily, roadmap, Rwanda, sacrificial love, scripture, St Louis Cardinals, trust

Three Key Blessings Easily Missed When Your Life is Full to Overflowing

September 17, 2016 by Loree

Item upon item stacked And shoved And piled. The overflowing clutter feels like my life. Controlled chaos. A riot of color and texture infuse the tiny space with sumptuous temptations, the lure [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys, Travel Tagged: be still, blessings, chaos, charge-backs, clothing budget, Matthew 6:21, rest, Rwanda, sister, sons, The Shop, treasure

What To Do When You Feel Unworthy (Rwanda #6)

September 10, 2016 by Loree

She strode regal like an African Queen. And I stared, all the while pretending I wasn’t staring. Hoping she wouldn’t notice me. Like I used to do at the mall when I wanted to see if that guy I [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 2.4 under 65, 50% under 20, African Queen, compassion, crucified, Genocide, life expectancy 58, love, Romans 5:8, Rwanda, skin color, Thanks

Making a Bad Decision- A Good Decision-Or A God Decision (Rwanda #5)

September 3, 2016 by Loree

Snug as a bug in a rug. The rhyme whispered a familiar cadence in my head as I witnessed the same ingenuity over and over. Fascinated, I determined to get a close-up photograph. Blurry…oops she [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, baby's carried on mother's backs, burdens, crisis of faith, depression, glory, life hack, marriage wars, Matthew 11:28, peace, Rwanda

How To Find Comfort When You Are Drowning (Rwanda #4)

August 27, 2016 by Loree

Their faces upturned. Waiting, Expectant. Was this Mzungu (white person) going to impart anything useful? Anything interesting? A tapestry of beauty and color, these women sat along the work [Read more...]

Posted in: Ministry, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 6, Alone, broken, depression, hope, hopeless, illiterate, life changing, lonely, macrame, Mzungu, Psalm 18:1, Rwanda, take-for-granted

How I Found Thankfulness on the Other Side of the World

August 20, 2016 by Loree

( Above are the before and afters of the The Shop) You know the panicky feeling you get when you face an impossible deadline? I had it in spades. Where was all the shelving I sent [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly

How to Figure Out What is Really Important (Rwanda #2 2016)

August 13, 2016 by Loree

The feelings wash the same. The thankfulness gushes from my very pores. The chagrin over the excess in my stateside life overwhelms. It’s only been a year since I walked the rutted roads of [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 2 Corinthians 9:8, Africa, American, banana, blessings, joy, Rwanda, spoiled, take-for-granted, thankful

Finding Courage to Wait For God’s Perfect Timing (Rwanda #1 2016)

August 6, 2016 by Loree

I never ever get a window seat. I aways allow The Preacher to hunker there so I can shield him from Chatty Cathy or Talky Tom. In faux-extrovert mode all day at work, to recharge he thrives on [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: courage, Exodus 4:13, forgotten, God's timing, Mississippi River, Moses, Nile River, Pharaoh, Red Sea, Rwanda, Sahara Desert

What To Remember When You Can’t Seem To Let Go of Stinkin Thinkin (Renovation #6)

July 29, 2016 by Loree

If ugly was a deciding point, we would have turned and run. The house rose before us in a hideous jumble of mismatched parts and overrun vegetation. As we toured the neglected structure, it was [Read more...]

Posted in: Decorating & Design, Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly

Don’t Forget to Remember–This world is Not My Home (Remodel #5)

July 23, 2016 by Loree

  “All of life is a coming home. Salesmen, secretaries, coal miners, Beekeepers, sword swallowers--all of us. All the restless hearts of the world... All trying to find a way [Read more...]

Posted in: Decorating & Design, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: heaven, home, lonely, master bath, Proverbs 27:8, Remodel, tombstone
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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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