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Mothering—How To Banish Our Fear of Failure With Four Verses of Comfort

May 14, 2023 by Loree

I tried to give Mom something to look forward to. After Dad passed, I promised I would take her anywhere she desired. Being a world traveler, I imagined what she would choose.  Her first response [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Forgiveness, God in control, grace, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys, Travel Tagged: 2 Peter 3:9, comfort, courage, Faith, fear, fear of failing as a mother, fear of failure, God chases us, God has us covered, God wants no one to perish, imperfection, John 21:6, John 6:44, Let our light shine, mother, Mother's day, parenting, perfection, perfectionism, Revelation 3:20

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

“Where are you God?”–Finding the Beauty of Nature in Rwanda (#2)

September 18, 2018 by Loree

“Where are you God?” Frustrated, fearful and despairing—bitter words we all know familiar—gush forth as they sneak into our souls. Our head tells us he is there. But in our core, we don’t feel his [Read more...]

Posted in: africa, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Anne Frank, anxiety, be present, beauty, calm, comfort, despair, faithful, fear, frustrated, garden, gifts, hard, healing, heaven, optimism, Psalm 23, Rwanda, savor, scars, slow, soak, sunrise, sunset, thankful, wisdom

Rwanda 2018: When Life is Unsteady, What to Hang On To

August 24, 2018 by Loree

The darkness of the African morning caressed me with velvety fingers and enveloped my body with warm humid air as I found a perch on the stairs. Then I heard it, a soft shuffle, and steady steps. My [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Africa, cares, comfort, creation, Hosea 6:3, Kigali, poinsettia tree, predictability, promises, Psalm 19:1-6, Rwanda, sameness, sun, sunrise, trust

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

How to Walk Bold When Your Path is Hard and the World is Falling Apart Around You

May 23, 2018 by Loree

And now the funerals begin. I can’t believe ten kids are dead.  Again. Mowed down by a troubled peer.  Again. And to think I was all set to blog about the royal wedding… maybe later for [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, comfort, death, fear, grace, grief, hope, Isaiah 51:12-16, Isaiah 57 18-24, pain, school shooting, worry

How to Navigate The Secret Surprise of Grief

July 29, 2017 by Loree

Guest  Post: I want to introduce you to one of my dearest friends Janice. You know how there is an immediate connection with some people from the first moment you meet? Janice was that instant friend [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Guest Post, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: CharleeCompany, comfort, cried, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, God's arms, grief, Janice Stephenson, Jesus wept, Lazarus, loneliness, mourning, tears, TinyButMighty

The Key to Finding Lasting Peace in a Wrecked World

October 24, 2016 by Loree

The city lights winked and twinkled magic as my son and I strolled giddy down a quiet Paris boulevard. On a satisfied high, full from a repast of Sea Bass swimming in a perfectly infused sauce, I [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: comfort, displaced, evil, fairness, God is in control, homeless, justice, Paris, peace, Psalm 10:17, Psalm 13:5-6, Psalm 4:8, Psalm 7:9-10, Psalm 9:9, Syrian refugee

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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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