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It was Father’s Day weekend. I had just finished reading the book Anything by Jennie Allen as my husband drove us to visit family for the weekend. I cannot remember every word of my prayer that day in the car, but it was the first time I said to the Lord, “God, I want anything you have for me, for us.” At that…
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“I don’t want to pray,” she mumbled through clenched teeth, “I want to do something about it!” Most of us have felt this way at one time or another. We know that prayer is valuable, but we wish it felt more powerful. In a crisis, prayer seems like a weak or ineffectual response. Why sit around with closed eyes and…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… It was a day like most others. Being only seven, I was out on our front porch playing in the afternoon sunshine while my mom was inside doing “mom things.” I enjoyed the day with the birds singing and the dogs running around the neighborhood when my dad drove up to our house. …
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I was depressed. Trapped by hopelessness and despair, I could see no way out. My guilt intensified because I was growing a baby within my body, a tiny person trapped inside me, feeling my every emotion, floating in a noxious bath of misery. Why did you send this baby to me, God, only for me to taint before he is…
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“It’s time Jenny. I have peace,” my friend said over the phone. I could barely understand her as the words struggled past her lips. Yet, I meticulously pieced together the halting syllables as her message collided into my heart. She invited me to walk with her through a trauma too monstrous for either of us to bear. I felt tossed…
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I was exhausted: physically, emotionally, and spiritually depleted of joy and hope. I just needed a break, somehow to find rest in the midst of around-the-clock demands. Guilt and regret plagued my conscience. I said “yes” to a call from the Lord, but now it was a burden. As the sun rose each morning, I felt far from the mercies…
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