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How to Rise From the Ashes of 2020 And Change Your Life in 2021—Psalm 56,100

February 4, 2021 by Loree

Well it’s over and done.  Finisimo We finished that train-wreck of 2020 and all the carnage that left us feeling vulnerable like never before—sliced as thin as tissue paper. We wade out of [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: fear, God is for me, isolation, loneliness, Psalm 100, Psalm 56:8-9, sorrow, thankfulness, transformation, trials

The Key to Coping When Christmas 2020 is Anything But a Hallmark Movie—Psalm 41:1-3

December 19, 2020 by Loree

Mired in a holiday traffic snarl, I drum on my steering wheel, inching forward slow as a slug on a sidewalk. As I wait and scan the never-noticed-before landscape, I spy a fleeting movement in the [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: christmas cheer, depression, giving of self, homeless plight, isolation, joy to the world, Psalm 91, unlike a hallmark movie, volunteer

My Near Disgrace in Wal-Mart: God Has Our Back Psalm 56:8-9

July 5, 2020 by Loree

The pressure intensified. I felt a cringe-worthy explosion mounting. Of all places—the sneaky sneeze threatened to erupt in the middle of the Walmart check-out line. Public disgrace [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: isolation, loneliness, Psalm 56:8-9, sneeze, sorrow, tears in a bottle, virus fatigue, Wal-mart

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

How to Feed your Faith and Starve your Fears—Psalm 34

April 18, 2020 by Loree

He waved the green liquid in front of my face like a trophy. “Look, Mom, I found two, do you want one?” And like a dummy, I said I was all good and he could keep both the sanitizers because his little [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Life & Work, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Faith, fear, feed faith not fear, Hand sanitizer, isolation, loneliness, pandemic, Psalm 3:4, top 10 list, worry

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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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