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Five Ways to Find Joy When You Feel Like Crying: Psalm 100

November 26, 2020 by Loree

A niece, her husband, my parents, and 3 dogs. That’s it. The whole of the Thanksgiving gathering. So if you count the fur babies, and who wouldn’t, we have 8. Missing my kids, my sister, the [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: choose joy, Christmas, COVID, covid rules, loss, praise, Psalm 100, thankfulness, Thanks, thanksgiving

What’s in your Boxes? How God offers Us Hope and Peace– Psalm 121

October 11, 2020 by Loree

Looking at the blunt email with disbelief, I read it again and enlarge the attached photos. How could this happen? The picture shows stacks of boxes for a coffee shop in Oklahoma. My invoice [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: COVID, hope, King David, King Saul, peace, promise, trials

Why Love is Always the Right Answer—10 Favorite Love Verses from the Psalms

June 13, 2020 by Loree

Downtown crowds make me wary in light of the mass riots. But my unease defused once I realized the mood of this sign waving cluster. They did it right.  A peaceful protest with a code of [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Decorating & Design, Forgiveness, God in control, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: COVID, love, Proverbs 15:1, Psalm 32:10, Psalm 33:18, Psalm 33:5, Psalm 36:5, Psalm 36:7, Psalm 37:28, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 86:5, riots, Sulphur Springs, yard sale

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

What Now? How To Cope When Your Best Laid Plans Go Awry—Psalm 139

May 16, 2020 by Loree

I messed up big time. Those words zinged like a wind-up car ricocheting through my brain. What was I thinking?  The news reports showed multitudes of airports with deserted corridors and [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Airline flight, anxiety, COVID, divine timing, frustration, Psalm 139, scheme, social distance, worry

Hard COVID Truths From an ICU Nurse in New Jersey: Psalms 10 and 13

April 25, 2020 by Loree

Lindsey Thompson April 17 at 9:06 PM My mask was soaking wet today.  Not with sweat like it usually is. (Well, maybe a little)  It was wet with tears.  It was soaking wet [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Life & Work, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: concentration camp quote, concentrations camp qote, COVID, doubt, fear, ICU nurse, nurse, Psalm 10, Psalm 13, sacrifice, steadfast love, why?, worry

10 Ways to Be Good to Yourself and Others in this COVID Crazy World—Psalms #2

April 4, 2020 by Loree

Like Sully the big blue monster from Jett's favorite animated movie—Monsters Inc, I set a new scare-record. I’ve gone three whole weeks with no make-up. Eek! As a Texas-bred gal, I was raised in the [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Beloved, COVID, fear, jpurnal, kindness, lonliness, peace, Psalm 29

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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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