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4 “Emergency” Prayer Words for When Life Falls Apart
What if the unraveling you fear is not a sign of abandonment, but the quiet, undetected start of a redemption story God has already scripted for you? Trust that you are not standing at the end of your story, but at a sacred threshold where being “left behind” is a preservation for a future God is unfolding beneath the surface. The following four words evoke God’s sacred help, unfolding through Naomi and Ruth’s story of famine and faithfulness, revealing a deep, redemptive story. In the Book of Ruth, we see that the trials they faced were not a sign of abandonment but rather revealed the bigger story of God’s restoration.…
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Your pain is not a detour — it’s a path.
Not a single bone in our entire being wants to forgive. When we’ve been wronged, we carry an almost primal need to feel justified; our instincts tell us that we’re right to hold on tight to our hurt. We want the world to know that we’ve been wronged and build a defense around us so that it can never happen again. Along with this hardness comes a layer of guilt and shame, because we know that God is seated in a higher plane, calling us to simply forgive (but not forget) and go in peace. So we try to ask for strength so that we can forgive. The power we…
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Be Still, Advent Day 2: Rest in Renewal
Update: You can catch up on the Daily Advent Readings here. If you skip a day, no worries—I’ve made it easy to have everything there so you can catch up. Genesis 8:4 “On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” Redeeming Your Past There is a simple little ritual that you can do every night that could literally change your life. At the end of the day, write down all the details about an upsetting event…
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Snippet of Winter
“Put your boots on sweetie, there’s snow outside, and you’ll need them to to keep your feet dry.” “I don’t need them, Mom…Spring will be just around the corner. I just know it.”
