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Faith or Flight? How We Deal With Trials—Shapes Us

July 4, 2022 by Loree

At the words, “Want to go for a ride?” I leap at the chance to fuel my love of fast. Confession— the number of speeding tickets/warnings I’ve accumulated over the years just might need two hands to be [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: betrayal, california fire, death, disapointment, faithful, fortitude, God's plan, healing power, hope, motorized bicycle, nature, pain, proof of God, regenration, Ruth and Naomi, truth

“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

Wake Up for the Amazing of this World: ((Israel #5) Musings From the Sea of Galilee

March 19, 2017 by Loree

The glassy surface shimmered like diamonds scattered across it’s deep blue waters in the late afternoon sun. Six-hundred feet below sea level, the Sea of Galilee exists as the lowest fresh water lake [Read more...]

Posted in: Israel Trip, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Always, Andrew, bleeding woman, Caperaum, Centurion's servant, faithful, fishermen, James, Jesus boat, John, Matthew 4:13, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5, Matthew 7:28-29, Mount of Beatitudes, paralytic, Peter, Sea of Galilee, Sermon on the Mount, Sodom, storm, Tiberius, Unbelievers, walk on water

God Has Patience For We The Wishy-Washy: (Israel #2) Showdown at Mount Carmel

February 25, 2017 by Loree

To think I was standing on a place where God wrought a mind-blowing miracle, a mountain where unprecedented drama unfolded thousands of years ago. Where his presence glowed through the answered prayer [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: 1 Kings 18:16-45, Ahab, Baal, confidence, Elijah, faithful, Jezebel, prayer, Sin, wishy-washy

Walking Through The Fire: How to Mourn Your Losses When Life is Not Quite What You Wished For

November 12, 2016 by Loree

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, walked the greatest man in the East. His life bubbled over with everything he could possibly desire, oodles of wealth, ten children, vast herds and tons of [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: faithful, fire, job, Job 1:20, Job 13:15, loss, Perfect, Psalm 91:2

When Leaders Disappoint: Moving Past Spirit-Eating Disillusionment

November 5, 2016 by Loree

I’m not a huge baseball fan like my husband, moves a bit too slowly for me--but I do love a good competition and can’t resist watching a fairy-tale match-up of underdogs in any sport. And boy was this [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Disappointment, disillusionment, faithful, joy, pedestal, politics, Psalm 22:8, Psalm 33:4, Satan, stumble, world series

How To Grab The One Thing That Really Matters (Rwanda #9)

October 8, 2016 by Loree

She the oldest rises early, Sometimes 4:30am. No surviving mother, so the oldest girl becomes that figure to her siblings. She must make sure there is water, light the oven in the yard, gather [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: busy, children, contented, Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Ecclesiastes 1:11, Ecclesiastes 1:3-6, faithful, Joyful, just say no, legacy, Rwanda, stress, trust

A Prayer for Paris: Surviving Cowardly Acts of the Selfish

November 21, 2015 by Loree

There are unspeakably selfish acts,  The actions of those who think that their cause is sacred above all else and that civilians are just collateral damage, Just warm bodies to shoot cold and [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer Tagged: 9-11, cowardly, faithful, heroes, La'Darious, OKC bombing, Paris, peace, Psalms 46:1, selfish, terrorism, tragedy, trust, unselfish

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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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