Encouraging women to face the challenges of life with the hope of Christ.
Those moments when we search for something meaningful to say, yet come up empty-handed, are frustrating. We want to help, but our words feel shallow — insufficient. Then there are also those moments when it’s not about others. Those moments when we are in need of hope for ourselves. I…
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Does our repertoire of parenting skills need to include trust and obedience? Is it really something we can develop over time? As I’ve said so often here before, “Raising children isn’t for the faint of heart!” It is the greatest gift, yet most difficult challenge in life — a place…
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What does choosing God mean to you? Today, I welcome a new guest to the blog. As I read his story of faith, addiction, and recovery, that very question penetrated my thoughts. How many of us claim to believe in God, yet find justification to live as we want, rather…
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Several years ago I received an email from someone I loved. It wasn’t the kind of email we like to receive, though. It was an email that left me devastated. One cutting me at the very core of everything I stood for. This person was angry and hurting because of…
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It was a morning I will never forget. There she was. Rosy cheeks. Curly black hair. And her almost black eyes? They wouldn’t let go. A flood of emotions washed over me as I cried. I’d seen my daughter for the first time. It was the next chapter in our…
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This week for the Building a Lasting Love Story #MarriageSeries, I get to bring you my friend, a passionate follower of Jesus and a gifted encourager, Melanie Redd. As well as teaching and speaking, Melanie writes at Ministry of Hope. She’s been married to Randy for 26 years and their…
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I remember dead ends. Choices that left me stuck in unhealthy repeat scenarios. Dreaming of a “something better” but believing it would never happen. Maybe it was a vicious cycle somehow holding me prisoner. Or maybe it was the enemy working against me. Or maybe … It was the lure…
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But as ridiculous as it sounds, haven’t you been there in some way, shape, or form? You deny yourself? You choose others and refuse to take care of yourself? Maybe for you it is not your health. Maybe it is your faith. Or maybe, like me, it is both.
“But I don’t understand what you mean by hearing God!” How does a parent explain? There is one critical component for parents of both typical and special needs children.
