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Why Waiting (Which We Hate) is Not Always a Bad Thing

July 11, 2021 by Loree

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who WAIT FOR THE LORD! Ps 31:23,24 (NLT,NIV) The text screeches from my screen. YOUR FLIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. What in the ever-loving world? [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: airport, courage, Faith, Hardest command, Joseph, patience, persevere, Psalm 31, slow down, wait

A New Normal—The Best Ways to Find Patience during Pandemic Psalm 46

June 7, 2020 by Loree

When will we get back to normal? The question rolls off our tongues with frustration. A portion of doctors and news channels report one thing while others assert the opposite. Leaving us to ponder [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, Peace, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: hug, new normal, pandemic, patience, politicized, promise, Psalm 46, refuge, social distance, truth, uncertain

How to Shine in a Dark World Without Falling Into the Swamp

July 1, 2017 by Loree

I dare not breathe. He’s never been this close before. The least movement will send him into the skies. So like a statue I hunker frozen to the red glider. He stalks quiet. Stealthy tiptoe. A [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Bold, brave, catch and release, fishing, Fred, Galillee, Great Blue Heron, Jesus, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:14, patience, Satan, White Egret, Wilma

The “Don’t Make a New Year’s Resolution List” Resolution

January 7, 2017 by Loree

It stares sour. Recriminations whisper ire. My curly handwriting blurs before my eyes and dances death’s dirge. Months have marched steadily past, Ushering in defeat that taunts like a school yard [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: bible study, content, defeat, faithfulness, fasting, fruits of the spirit, Galatians 5, gentleness, goodness, joy, keeping the Sabbath, kindness, love, meditation, memorization, New years resolution, one word, patience, peace, prayer, procrastination, self-control, self-denial, service, silence, simplicity, solitude, spiritual discipline, submission, Timothy 4:7, worship

When I Forget That One Essential Fact: I Am Forgiven

June 4, 2016 by Loree

Forgive me Did I forget to say it Lord? Did I forget yesterday and the day before and maybe the one before that? Did I get so carried away with my requests that I forgot a most important [Read more...]

Posted in: Forgiveness, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: forgiveness, grace, I John 1:9, John 3:16, kindness, patience, sacrifice, thankful, ungrateful

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

Forgiveness: Navigating The Rocky Road To Healing

July 25, 2015 by Loree

His blood ran Rivers down his face Dripping from his fingers Raining from his feet.   The tree he was nailed to soaked the precious blood of our Savior into it’s dry pores. The [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blood, bondage, despair, ego, forgiveness, freedom, healing, heart, humble, joy, kindness, Matthew 6:14, patience, unconditional, ungrateful, unhappiness

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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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