Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Valerie Terrell In silent anticipation, I echoed the tick, tick, tick of the clock hand. At the right moment, the familiar ring-a-ling of the recess bell sounded. But then, life changed. Again. “Valerie, I need to talk with you over the recess,” my fifth-grade teacher announced. I dared not disagree. Caught off guard, I sensed…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Sarah de Orlando It all began with the chicken. I had bought the thighs at a market around the corner from my flat and marinated them for my new paleo diet. My coworker, Katie, somehow convinced me to try this meal plan with her. How would I survive without sugar? Beans? Cheese? Oatmeal? On top…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Marie T. Palecek “He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 1:8 NIV). “Insane!” The verdict was in as soon as the idea reached my ears. We were eight hours and 542 miles into four weeks of on-the-road…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Laura Pettit No way! I am not a fearful person! Or am I? Is it okay to step into my dream? These were my journaling reflections as I sat alone at my kitchen table, allowing anxiety to rise like a volcano spewing its lethal contents. Doubts shadowing my thoughts, holding me captive as the rays…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Jennifer Thayer Knight “But Lord, you remain the same forever! Your throne continues from generation to generation” (Lamentation 5:19 NLT). Drip, drip, I watched each drip as the fluid came down from the IV bag and flowed into my arm. Deep under the covers of my bed, I wondered how my life had gotten to…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Carolyn Dale Newell “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well” (Psalm 139:14 NKJV). “I am what I am.” These words hung above my teenage bed. I hated myself, and I wanted to be anyone but me. Anyone but a girl…
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