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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

Five Scriptures to Help Navigate Loss on Father’s Day

June 18, 2022 by Loree

Jett and I used to play a game of happy/sad as he toddled. He thought it hilarious for me to say “happy” and we both grinned, and then “sad” and we made a frowny face. Faster and faster we went until [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, Family & Friendship, Forgiveness, God in control, grace, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 1 John 3:1, 2 Cor 6:18, adoted by God, beloved of God, compassion, Deuteronomy 1:29-31, firsts, grief, hampster wheel, happy/sad, heartbreak, loss of father, Luke 15:20, pain, regret, unconditional love

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

Good or Bad? The All Seeing Eye of God

April 8, 2018 by Loree

I came around the corner and Bam! There it sat in all it’s bulging glory—a ginormous two story eyeball loitering with nonchalance in the grassy space. Talk about unnerving. The icy blue stare seemed [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: fear, grace, joy, love, mercy, mess, pain, Psalm 139:1-12, rebellion, sees, Sin, thankful, wash sins, weep

Palm Sunday: Why Jesus’ Tears For Us–Mean Peace for Our Souls

March 24, 2018 by Loree

As Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and breathed deep the morning air, He knew this final journey into Jerusalem would unroll the last bittersweet pages to His life on this earth. The gentle [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Israel Trip, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anger, Beloved, blinded, bloodshed, cry, Disappointment, donkey, failure, forgiveness, freedom, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, John 12, Josephus, joy, Luke 19:40, Mount of Olives, pain, Palm Sunday, peace, tears, thankful, truth, victory

How to Cope When the Grief of the World Weighs You Down: 4 Crucial Verses

February 18, 2018 by Loree

We all know someone with cancer as it runs like wild horses through our towns, our churches, our families, our selves. Our children sicken and die of the flu of all the blasted things. And cars wreck [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 1966, anxiety, cancer, Faith, fear, flu, Isaiah 41:10, marriages, pain, prayer, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 34:4, Psalm 91:14-16, school shooting, statistics, suffering, trust, University of Texas

Has God Forgotten Us? 4 Scriptures of Comfort As We Mourn Our Darkening World

October 5, 2017 by Loree

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. I sit in darkness to write. The Preacher thinks it strange, [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: darkness, Eden, evil, fear, heaven, John 1:5, John 8:12, joy, light, light vs dark, Martin Luther King, Mass shooting, nightmare, pain, promise, Psalm 23:4, Psalm 27:1, stars, sunrise, terror, victory, violence

The Secret Sauce to Finding Peace: Bobsledding Terror Turned Triumph

August 12, 2017 by Loree

Tamping anxiety down into my hip pocket, I tried not to think about it, How bad could it be? If they let the public sign up it must be safe, though the list of health warnings on the ticketing [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: adventure, answer is always yes, anxiety, bobsled, fear, inner tubeing, pain, praise, Psalm 5:3-4, ropes course, trust, Utah Olympic Park, Write Brilliant, writer, zip line

Change Your Habits–Change Your Life

January 1, 2017 by Loree

(pictured is chicory coffee, vanilla milk and choc chip cookie with a beater of dough, peanut butter hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows and grilled drum with cubed fried grits.) Happy New [Read more...]

Posted in: Food/Recipes, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: beignets, coffee, discipline, French Quarter, goals, gumbo, habits, hardships, Isaiah 41:10, New Orleans, new year, no pain no gain, pain, pralines, Psalms, scripture, student of the work

A Bazillion Questions I don’t Know the Answer to But One I Do

December 10, 2016 by Loree

You entered this beautiful, broken world as we all did, Red, Wrinkled Helpless. Did you wail unsure as your tiny body birthed into the cool air? Were you fussy and colicky in that hay filled [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: baby Jesus, betrayal, blessed, broken, change his mind, fairness, frog, God-consciousness, heaven, humble, Jesus, John 13:1, justice, love, Luke 2:7, manger, Oh Holy Night, pain, regret, sorrow, temple, temptation, thankful, twelve years old, worth
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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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