Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Jennifer Williams It was the February snow falling that lured me outside because evidently I’m one of those rare people that love winter. I walked toward my favorite path in the woods. The forest floor was turning into something ethereal the way the snow fell quietly. Light, airy fluff. It was right then the…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Dawn Ward Habakkuk 2:2-3 The Message Version: “And then God answered: ‘Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what’s coming. It aches for the coming-it can hardly wait! And it doesn’t lie….
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Melissa Smith Our voices and hands joined together as songs of praise rose from our lips. Below us, the wide-open spaces of South Sudan spread out in every direction. The little propeller plane bounced along carrying me and nine other souls out of our comfort zones and into adventure with our God. Leaving my…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Lisa Littlewood  “You do it, babe. You put it in,” I said, nudging my then 7-year-old daughter to put the final piece into the puzzle we had been working on all afternoon.  Smiling widely, she plunked down the last of the 200 pieces snug into its spot. Her older sister, who has never loved…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters student Carlie Lake My legs wanted to run, but there was nowhere to go. As I peered over the edge of the dinghy, I could feel the fear surging up in me. They told me it was the best fishing spot, but all I could see was the wreck down below. There it lay, silent…
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Enjoy this devotional from FlourishWriters Student Krista Hutcherson Darkness crept up my back, reached through my chest, and lodged a boulder of inescapable despair between my lungs and heart. My body like lead, I made the long trek from work to my parent’s house, internal thoughts reaching a crescendo of desperation. A monster named addiction had devoured my husband, demolishing…
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