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Love Beyond-Extraordinary
I didn’t get to sleep in. My little five-AM wake-up call doesn’t have a snooze button. I didn’t have a day without arguing or tears....
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May 4, 20214 min read
Sweet Mama, You Are Never Alone
Last night was one of those nights. The kind of night, up with the baby. Then losing myself in mindless Facebook scrolling. Feeling worse...
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Apr 30, 20212 min read
God's Unfathomable Love
Confession... A secret, deeply-rooted, life-long one. Yet, one I know I don't carry alone. A secret that has weighed me down. A secret...
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Apr 28, 20211 min read
God's Covenant in Broken Moments
There are these moments. Raw. Broken. Shattered. Unbearable, soul-shaking moments. These moments. Moments unseen by the eyes of the...
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Apr 26, 20211 min read
God's Mighty Little Girl
There is this little girl. A little girl God designed to be so incredibly one-of-a-kind that the world would never fit her into its mold....
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Apr 22, 20213 min read
The WomAn at the Well
How often do you find yourself as one of the women at the well? Not the womAn. The womEn. The women who met up daily to gossip. The women...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
Finding God' Voice
Sometimes, it can feel almost impossible. To find it. To seek it. To discern it. To listen to it. God's sweet, encouraging voice......
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Apr 17, 20211 min read
A Mother Never Stops Battling
There’s simply never an end to how many times a mother lines up to go to battle for her babies. Day in. And day out. Never an end to the...
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Apr 10, 20212 min read
Motherhood is Meeting God
Sweet mama, as motherhood is bestowed upon us, one beautiful, unexpected way or another, we unexpectedly find ourselves in the thick of...
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Apr 8, 20213 min read
The Holding One
She had been crying for what seemed like 30 minutes. So much so, she was completely inconsolable. As she melted into my lap, I was...
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Apr 3, 20212 min read
Anchoring to Mary on Holy Saturday
Weep? Prepare? Rejoice? Holy Saturday tends to present itself as a day of mystery. Sandwiched between the dark and somber of Good...
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Mar 30, 20212 min read
Staying in Stride with God
Sometimes, I leave God in the dust. Sometimes, the childlike excitement of life surges through my veins, and I bound ahead. Sometimes, my...
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Mar 26, 20212 min read
Dear Heavenly Father, Stay with Me
The sun has yet to rise, Lord. Quiet is this house. The peaceful, thoughtful kind. The only sounds heard are my whispers to you. Already...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
She rises...
When the day is done, and she has done her best, after she lays her head down, for what she knows will be only a brief rest; she rises....
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Mar 2, 20213 min read
Sometimes, God asks you to wait...
Sometimes, God asks you to wait. To quiet your heart. To simply be still. To let Him go to work. In a way you could never imagine....
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Feb 27, 20213 min read
You can have a mental illness and still love Jesus
You can still love Jesus and work through your anxiety. You can still love Jesus and take an antidepressant. You can still love Jesus and...
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Feb 20, 20212 min read
Our Messes, His Grace
Everyday our little guy dumps his food on the wrong side of the sink. Trying to keep up with his big sisters, but not quite understanding...
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Feb 15, 20212 min read
You Don't Need a Spotlight to Hold God's Attention
Some of us will never make it big. Some of us will never have anything go viral. Some of us may never be truly known by more than a few....
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Feb 12, 20212 min read
Perfection is Overrated, But God's Grace?
I cringe at perfect. It's hard for me to even fathom. And that's a lot to admit from a (still) recovering perfectionist. There are days...
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Feb 10, 20211 min read
God Never Stops Writing Our Stories
We don’t always see it, you know? We don’t always see it. We don’t always feel it. We don’t always notice it. But I promise, He never...
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