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How Hilarious 2020 Predictions From the Past Help Us Be Content in the Present

January 26, 2020 by Loree

What a futuristic-sounding number—2020. It feels like something phenomenal should transpire this year. Like some great discovery should be unveiled such as the ten commandments on the actual stone [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, be present, content, joy, Matthew 6:24, predictions, protection, Psalm 5:11, refuge, resolutions, worry

Good or Bad? The All Seeing Eye of God

April 8, 2018 by Loree

I came around the corner and Bam! There it sat in all it’s bulging glory—a ginormous two story eyeball loitering with nonchalance in the grassy space. Talk about unnerving. The icy blue stare seemed [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: fear, grace, joy, love, mercy, mess, pain, Psalm 139:1-12, rebellion, sees, Sin, thankful, wash sins, weep

Palm Sunday: Why Jesus’ Tears For Us–Mean Peace for Our Souls

March 24, 2018 by Loree

As Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and breathed deep the morning air, He knew this final journey into Jerusalem would unroll the last bittersweet pages to His life on this earth. The gentle [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Israel Trip, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anger, Beloved, blinded, bloodshed, cry, Disappointment, donkey, failure, forgiveness, freedom, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, John 12, Josephus, joy, Luke 19:40, Mount of Olives, pain, Palm Sunday, peace, tears, thankful, truth, victory

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

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

When Sin Sticks Like Christmas Glitter: How Jesus Lasers it Away

December 16, 2017 by Loree

It winks and shines and teases. The minuscule particles stick like super glue to my skin. Glitter remains my constant companion and overzealous friend from the end of October, until all the Christmas [Read more...]

Posted in: Decorating & Design, Forgiveness, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 1 Peter 1:18, Beloved, Christmas, daughter of the King, glitter, Isaiah 63:9, Jesus, joy, Matthew 1:20, Pharisees, prostituite, reason for the season, redeemed, Santa, Sin, Zacchaeus

Black Friday Brawl: Five Things to Focus on When You Are on The Brink of Losing Your Christmas Joy

December 10, 2017 by Loree

 It’s two weeks to Christmas people! Does that statement make your worry level rise or your heart flutter with joy? Does it make your head spin and your tension explode like the top of a pressure [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, Black Friday, Christmas, competition, Focus, gifts, happiness, holiday, Jesus, John 10:10, joy, love, promises, Psalm 16:11, rush, Santa, stress, thankful, worry

Has God Forgotten Us? 4 Scriptures of Comfort As We Mourn Our Darkening World

October 5, 2017 by Loree

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. I sit in darkness to write. The Preacher thinks it strange, [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: darkness, Eden, evil, fear, heaven, John 1:5, John 8:12, joy, light, light vs dark, Martin Luther King, Mass shooting, nightmare, pain, promise, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 27:1, stars, sunrise, terror, victory, violence

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
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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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