A gathering place for women growing in God's Word
What does it look and feel like to wait well in a posture of surrender? Sometimes it’s not so pretty. . . . I recently found a journal entry of mine from several years ago. My husband was in the thick of a storm with a chronic illness. There was no light at the end of the tunnel, and no…
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Infertility can be a cruel beast. Every month I hoped to be pregnant, but time and time again, my hopes were dashed. At last, this month, my cycle was a week late. My prayers finally had been answered! But three negative pregnancy tests later I stood in my bathroom and had an honest, yet bratty, conversation with God. I reminded…
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I consider Psalm 133:1 a “life verse” because I hold onto it for dear life. There is nothing in me that naturally wants to be in unity with others. In my flesh, I typically want to control others and make them obey me. Without God as my guide, I do not want to submit one to another — I want…
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I was spitting nails! She can’t order me around! Or can she? I was volunteering at an out-of-town conference one weekend a couple years ago, ready to serve, except that the woman leading us was bossy. The nerve! We had a brief exchange where I pitched my suggestion for how we should do something. I was sure she would agree…
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If I were to introduce you to my daughter, she would tell you that she loves the color blue, she loves to sing along with her radio and that she loves a good California roll at our local sushi restaurant. What you wouldn’t know is that she was born with a wound: a physical wound that bears a striking resemblance…
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Let’s explore a story of pilgrimage inspired by Psalm 84:5. When we relocated to South Africa in 2012, one of my prayers was that I could meet the challenges of a year abroad with gratitude and contentment no matter what we faced, just like Paul describes in Philippians 4. The great apostle says that he “learned the secret of being…
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