Lori Schumaker

Encouraging women to face the challenges of life with the hope of Christ.

God Is With You When Others Are Not

God Is With You When Others Are Not

by in Hope

I knew I shouldn’t let it get me down. But it did. “Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.” -Ecclesiastes7:20 NIV I know people are fallible. In fact, because I know it so well, it sometimes feels…
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God Is With You When Others Are Not - Praying for Your Children to Love Each Other Well - 21 Days to Unconditionally Delight in God’s Love {Part 1} - Soaking In the Moments With the Gift of Family - If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? {A Bible Study Review, Giveaway, and #MOH Link-Up!} - What to Do When You Feel God Has Abandoned You - Are You Missing the Moments That Matter Most? {#MOH Link-Up & Giveaway!} - Moments Make All the Difference :: #MomentsofHope Link Up - Dear Mom, This Is for When You Need to Guard Your Heart {#MOH Link-Up} - To the Woman Pondering the Abortion Debate: This Is My Story {#MomentsofHope} - When You Are Tired of Dealing with Regret {#MOH Link-Up} - Yes! You Are a Miracle and Most Wonderfully Made! {#MOH Link-Up} - Finding the Kind of Hope that Lasts - 63 Years of Loving Well – The Ingredients to a Lasting Marriage - 10 Memorable Bible Verses for the Grateful Heart - When Hope Was Born - Seeing Through the Holiday To-Do List {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - May Your Christmas Be Filled With Hope - How to Plant Hope in the Hearts of Our Children During the Holidays - How Do We Experience A Special Kind of Joy at Christmas? - A Prayer for When You Are Weary {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - A Prayer for Hope When Life Is Difficult - Bible Verses About Adoption That Give You Hope - When Being Grateful Is Not Easy and You Need Encouragement {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When Surrendering Is the Breakthrough We Need {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When Discouragement Threatens Your Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Even When You Feel God Is Not There {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Things Adoption Taught Me about Fighting Fiercely - Thankful for the Miracle of Adoption - Bold Faith and Brave Surrender's Role in the Adoption Journey: Our Story - Adoption: What Can I Do to Help? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Understanding Identity and the Adopted Child: The Effects of Adoption {#ChosenandWorthy} - The Kind of Love That Heals What Is Broken {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Surrendered Hearts Book Releases Today! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Is Praying the Lord's Prayer a Powerful Way to Pray? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Do We Pray? And Other Big Questions! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 17 Things Adoption Has Taught Me About Loving Well {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - My 2018 Book Recommendations for Living an Inspired Life! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Dribble, Shoot... and Fly on Wings like Eagles - What is the ACTS Prayer Model and How Can It Help Me Pray? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Powerfully Use Scripture to Pray Over Your Children - My All-Time Most Popular Posts Offering Christian Encouragement {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - What Does Choosing God Mean to You? {#MomentsofHope Link-up & Giveaway} - A Prayer for Our Children to Follow Jesus {Moments of Hope} - 7 Scriptures to Pray When Your Children Go to School | Hope for the Back-to-School Mom - For the One Who Needs to Move Forward {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Giveaway} - What I Wish My Younger Self Knew About God-Sized Approval - Bringing Calm Back Into Our Chaos {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Jesus in the Broken Church {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Getting Unstuck : Letting Go of the Past and Choosing to Live Again {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Do I Really Need to Forgive Instead of Get Revenge? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How Prayer Revives our Focus and Brings Clarity {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When People Hurt You {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Motherhood, Encouragement, and Becoming Me: A Video Tribute to Mom - 11 Ways to Encourage Your Husband to Be the Best Dad He Can Be (without nagging!) - Finding Inner Strength from the Pain of Yesterday {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Accepting That Life Isn't Fair (and 5 Things to Do to Overcome the Hurt) {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Victim or Victor? What to Choose When Someone Hurts You {#MomentsofHope} - 7 Reasons Why Connecting to the Ultimate Love Matters {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The One Parent Helpline You Need to Listen To - Learning to Pray Like Mary - How Prayer Unlocks Our Spiritual Eyes {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 7 Ways Prayer Will Make You See Your True Identity {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 13 Things That Hinder an Effective Prayer Life {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Breaking up with Shame: When God's Heart Is Bigger Than Our Sin - 7 Truths That Will Enable You to Get Over Betrayal and Rejection {#MomentsofHope} - Dealing with Rejection, Betrayal, and the Lies of False Guilt - Mother's Day Poem of Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 80 Years and 80 Secrets to Living Life Well - Mom, You Are My Hero - A Brand New Offering! The Longing for More Email Course! {#MomentsofHope} - Hearing God - A Prayer for My Child - Only You Have Been Chosen to Mama This Unique Child - 7 Ways Holy Confidence Makes You a Better Parent - What Emotional Baggage Are You Bringing Up the Mountain? - How Unconditional Grace Transforms Your Relationship - When Our Friendships Need a Reconnection {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How Does a Weary Mom Find Bravery? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Book Giveaway} - Christmas Identity: From the Manger to the Cross and Beyond {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Would the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up + Stolen Jesus Book Review and Giveaway} - When Gratitude Is Lost in the Messiness of Life - 10 Ways to Bring Joy to Someone Who is Grieving - Would You Be Brave Enough to Share Your Story? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Who Could Use a Little Bit of Gratitude? Check Out this Roundup of Resources! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up & Free Email Series} - When You Need a Reminder That You Are God's Child - What Christ’s Victory on the Cross Means for Marriage (& 5 Steps to Embracing It!) - Whose Voice Will You Choose to Listen To? - A Prayer for Raising Resilient Children {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Are You Living as Though You Are Redeemed? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - When It Feels Like God Has Abandoned You (and 6 Ways to Pursue the Truth) #MomentsofHope Link-Up - Winning the Battle Against Issues of Self Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Story of Your Scars - Choosing Joy When Everything Falls Apart - When Your Something Better is the Thing You Fear Most - How to Get Unstuck with Grace and Patience - Leaving the Lies of Shame Behind - What Does Your Something Better Look Like? - When Forgiving Yourself Isn’t Easy - How to Build a Lasting Love Story {Marriage Series} - To the Mom Desperately Searching for Balance in Her Out-of-Whack Life | #MomentsofHope Link-Up - Why We Need to Stop Letting Fear Control Our Parenting {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Ways to Get Your Parenting Energy Back {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - The Testimony Tour: When Knowing about Jesus Just Isn’t Enough - 3 Truths to Remember When Marriage Gets Hard - When the Roads of Life Lead You Away from Christ - Truth for When Fear Threatens the Special Needs Parent {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - How to Return to God When Life Has Pulled Us Away {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Fighting Boldly for Truth When a Broken Past Threatens Your Worth - Uniting Together in Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - On Living Single, the Crazy Things People Say, and God's Beautiful Plan - When Life Is Hard and Marriage Hurts {Rising Above Unhappy Times} - Learning to Trust More Than Before | The Unexplainable Church Review & Giveaway {#MomentsofHope} - What 3 Unremarkable Women of the Bible Have to Do With Your Self-Worth - 2 Important Truths from the Word of God about Who You Are - When Life is Hard and Trusting God Even Harder {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - A 3-Part Strategy That Will Make You Trust God More - 5 Things to Pray When You Want to Be a Better Wife - A Prayer for the New Year {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Important Things We Must Tell Our Boys - 25 Outstanding Ways to Love Yourself God's Way - When Your Commitment Feels Too Difficult - 11 Strategies for Dumping Emotional Baggage - To the Girl With a Worn out and Weary Self-Worth - 5 Reasons I Failed to Appreciate My Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Introducing the Summer Sizzle Blog Hop Series! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Why Discard Your Joy? - A Prayer to Receive God's Grace {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 7 Suggestions for Raising Your Children God's Way - To the Wife Who Is Always Disappointed by Her Husband - The Blessing of Meeting on Higher Ground {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 7 Ways to Not Hurry God - Hope for the Frazzled End-of-the-School-Year Mom {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Just Choose Jesus: Betrayal and the Church - 11 More Places to Help You Learn to Love Yourself {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 3 Things to Pursue When You Feel Like Quitting - You Are Worth More Than That! - Hope for the One Who Feels Unworthy After a Painful Divorce {#ChosenandWorthy} - The Power of Remembering in Whom We Have Our Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Rest for Your Weary Soul - When You Feel Like an Imposter - What You Need to Remember When You've Lost Your Identity - When You Need the Words to Pray Against Your Child's Fear {MomentsofHope} - How to Be Free of a Wounded Past Identity {#ChosenandWorthy} - How to Repair a Broken Identity - On Grief, God, and Wrestling with His Goodness {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 5 Love Notes to Remind You of Your Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - On Race, Lies, and the Truth that Sets Free {#ChosenandWorthy} - Why Waiting Has You Questioning Everything! - Whisper Yes and Stop Fear Now - What Label Are You Wearing? {Plus Giveaway} - 9 Things Vulnerability Says About Your Worth {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Finding Freedom from Approval Addiction - When Betrayal Threatens to Shatter Your Confidence - To the Girl Who Doesn't Know She Is Worthy - Learning to Trust God {Guarded by Christ Book Review + Giveaway #MomentsofHope} - More Than a Victim #ChosenandWorthy - A Chosen and Worthy Identity; {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - No More Shame; You Are Chosen and Worthy - A Prayer to Experience True Love {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Surrendering It All for a God-Sized Restoration - Making Scary Decisions: 6 Steps to Peace {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Does What You Remember Give You Hope? {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - A God-Sized Hope to Conquer the Storm - Filling the God-Sized Hole in My Heart - When Our God-Given Identity is Under Attack {#MomentsofHope Link-Up) - Claiming the Victory of a Hope-Filled Life - Determination and Motivation - A Prayer for My Child - Why Are You Wrestling with Not Good Enough? - You’re Already Amazing: Embracing Your Self-Worth - Hope for When You Feel Invisible - A Prayer for When You Need to Get Back Up Again {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Protecting Yourself from Self-Defeating Thoughts {Part 3} - Praying God's Word and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Shaking Shame {#LiveFullWalkFree Review & Giveaway #MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Fear Fighting: When You’ve Lost Sight of Yourself - The Heart of Investing in Others - A Prayer in the Fight to Defeat Fear in My Hurt Child - Identity in Christ - A Prayer for My Child - Recognizing Light and Darkness - A Super Fun Moment! - 5 Ways to Keep Your Wonder Fresh - Stinky Laundry and Healthy Boundaries? - Choosing to Believe - 9 Things That Do Not Teach Our Children Excellence - When Grief Wants to Drown Your Soul - Where Does Rejection Leave You? - Taking Time to Nurture Our Marriages - What I Found At His Feet - 7 Truths to Remember When Betrayal Strikes {Series} - When Loss Turns Into Moments of Hope {Link-Up} - Keeping Priorities Straight {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - How to Use Happiness as Your Weapon - Making Marriage a Priority {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - A Prayer for Joy {{giveaway}} - Finding Joy in the Hard Places {Giveaway and #MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Win One of My Top 10 Christmas Joys! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - If You Say So, I Will Go; Making the Hard Choices in Life - When Gratitude Feels Too Difficult - 5 Ways to Make the Holidays Less Hectic and More Meaningful - Holding onto Joy When Life Hurts - A Prayer for Hope and Gratitude in the Midst of Suffering {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - 10 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Home {Grateful Heart Series} - A Prayer for a Grateful Heart {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Gratitude - 3 Doors that a Grateful Heart will Open - A Grateful Heart Mini-Series {#MomentsofHope Link-Up} - Gratitude in all Circumstances? - Choose Hope this Christmas with these 13 Gift Options! - When Your Future Seems Unsure - Spark Story Podcast: Our Adoption Story and the God Who Saves {#MomentsofHope} - Finding Time for Bible Studies {#IamFound #AnUnexplainableLife Review and Giveaway} - Good Enough or Not Enough? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - One Thing You Can’t Ignore When Overcoming Shame - Longing for Daily Peace {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Celebrating, Exhaustion, and Marriage? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Hope for the Mom Who Doesn’t Measure Up - Our Words Matter {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Staying in the Game When Fear Presses In - Loving Your Spouse Well When Your Nest is Almost Empty - Loving Your Spouse Well While Parenting Teens - Putting the Broken Back Together {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - How to Love Your Spouse Well During the Busy Parenting Years - How to Survive the Unknown Roads in Life - Strength from the Vantage Point of Today - The Humbling Witness of Unshakable Faith {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - The One Way to Love Well as a New Wife - Hope for the Girl Pursuing Her Passion {Part 2} - Hope for the Girl Pursuing Her Passion {Part 1} - Friendship Matters {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 6 Ways to Trade Defeat for Triumph Even When You Are Sick - When You Feel It's Too Late - Because You Are Not Alone {Declare Conference and Moments of Hope Link-Up} - Because You Matter Even When I'm on Vacation - Why Gratitude Matters {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - What Legacy Will You Leave? - Is There Hope In This Hate? {Moments of Hope Link-Up} - 11 Matters of the Heart That Simplify Motherhood - Happy 4th of July and Moments of Hope Link-Up - When God Walks Into the Room and Moments of Hope Link-Up - When You’re Not the Mom You Wanted to Be - Yes, You Are Wonderfully Made and Moments of Hope Link-Up - The Healing Journey and Moments of Hope Link-Up - The Armor of God and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Healing Relationships, Medical Missionaries and Moments of Hope Link-Up - Are You Compelled to Follow Him? {#ComeWithMe Review and Giveaway} - All That Matters Lies in the Heart - Moments of Hope: A New Link Up! - On the Other Side of Tragedy; Life Is Beautiful {Book Review} - Stuck in the Replays of Life? {Series}:Betrayal and Living Again - Life Really Isn’t Fair: Betrayal and Unconditional Acceptance {Series} - Who Am I? The Truth About Betrayal and Identity {Series} - Betrayal and Guilt: The Truth You Need to Know {Series} - Who Is Your Just One? Making a Difference One Person and One Moment at a Time - There is Hope in Our Tomorrow - Am I Strong Enough? - Rest and Beachin' - Will I Ever Experience True Peace? - 11 True Stories of Redeeming Love: When You Need More Than the World Can Give - A Radically Different Love - 21 Day Challenge {Part 2} - The Doors I Shut - 2016 - A New Year with New Open Doors - My Favorite Things - A Fun Giveaway! - Creating an Atmosphere of Healing {Series}: Betrayal and Revenge - He Fills Our Gaps - It is Removed. You are Redeemed - Raising Up One - Recharging at the Beach - We Are Expecting Healing - Whispers of the Enemy - New Beginnings - To Be Your Mother - The Strength Inside of Me - 3 Simple but Critical choices we ALWAYS Have - Reconciling Hope With Acceptance - Finding Balance in a World That Has None - Why Don't I Take Care of Myself? - The Sacrifice of Love - Why is the Worst Adoption Question Really an Opportunity?