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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 Looming Election and Other Life Distresses: Three Reminders That God is in Control

October 29, 2016 by Loree

  A small crowd huddled as cameras snapped. Smiles and laughs tinkled like chimes in the breeze. Curious, I halted my blissful meandering and moved near. Could it be what I think it is? [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: anxiety, control, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 4:17, election, Goat, peace, prayer, Romans 13:1, worry

The Sometimes Not so Easy Road to Remembering to be Thankful

April 9, 2016 by Loree

I don't feel very thankful some days. In fact, sometimes when my guard is down and I listen to the little whisper, “This is bad, you need to do something, say something, fix something…" I feel a [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: control, Jennifer Aniston, joy, lies, peace, Psalm 5:11, relax, tension, thankful

Weathering the Ice Storms of Life: It’s All About the Giving

December 12, 2015 by Loree

Oh but the trees… Our beautiful trees. Full of colorful leaves, wondrous to behold, but lethal to a limb when covered with layer upon layer of ice. Those red and yellow leaves we so loved, [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blessings, Christmas, control, depression, disapointment, giving, patience, peace, Perfect, Psalm 42:11, thankful, Will Rogers

Rwanda: My Trip Gets Off to a Rough Start

March 21, 2015 by Loree

How can a flight just cancel out of thin air? No snowstorm, No ice, No mechanical problems, Just an email notice blaring. I should have checked sooner I guess. But with the rush to get [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Africa, control, flight, Isaiah 14:24, Istanbul, me, Rwanda, son, Thanks, trust, Turkish Air

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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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