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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… As a kid, I was sure my Magic 8 Ball tended toward negative predictions. I would shake it repeatedly until I got answers I wanted. As a mature Christian burdened with chronic pain for twenty years, I thought I had firmly rested my hopes on a foundation of faith, not fortune-telling. But when my…
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What do you notice when you see yourself in the mirror? Now, be honest. I don’t take selfies often, but when I do, it’s alarming, “Is that what I look like?! Goodness, I hope not!” You may not disparage your looks—most women are hard on themselves—but that’s simply the outward appearance. Going deeper, how do you feel about yourself as…
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Enjoy this guest post by Blythe Daniel and Dr. Helen McIntosh Mother’s Day’s gifts and cards can be hard to deliver – it’s so difficult to wrap up your expression of love in a card or package. So, how do we express ourselves again this year? God offers redemption to us, and we get to offer it to one another at…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… He won’t settle. I sway from side to side. His cries get louder and more desperate. The usual words and whispers are failing us both. I cry along with him. I’m napping, while my mother runs errands. I lie in bed, soothing my little restless one with tender pats and songs. It should be…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… Approximately 2 years ago, I ended up in hospital. At that moment in time, I remembered being quite desperate, scared and feeling helpless. What was happening? What was going on? As my body was getting weaker so was my brain. I felt tugged by the strong waves of life and pulled away from the…
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Enjoy this devotional written by a FlourishWriter’s Student… As a young girl of 12, I tried to commit suicide. I had been incarcerated for being incorrigible, or out of control and was about to get locked up until I turned 18. I somehow escaped that terrible fate. Perhaps my praying grandma had something to do with it. Years later, on my grandmother’s…
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