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Clarify Your Calling – Week 3
Welcome to Week 3 of Clarify Your Calling! If you are just now joining us check out the other posts in this series: Week 1: God Is Calling You Week 2: Don’t Pursue Your Passion, Pursue God’s Plan It’s easy to get my heart fixed on a goal, a desire…a big dream. I plan, prepare, learn, and do all I can to reach the destination of the ultimate place of success. For me, it’s a desire to help people who hurt – the ones who feel like they don’t have a place to voice their pain. It’s to embrace the
Clarify Your Calling – Week 2
Welcome to Week 2 of Clarify Your Calling! Have you ever felt like God is telling you to do something big for Him, yet you feel unqualified and inadequate to complete the task? As I struggle with my own call as a writer, I often think, “I’m not cut out for this”. If I had a degree in journalism, knew every grammar rule including the ones that I can’t pronounce, and could throw together a piece of writing without dependence on God’s strength, wisdom, and clarity, I would be doing everything in my own power. Without God, it’s not a
Finding Purpose In Pain
You may never understand it. It’s those moments in life when everything stops. The normal flow of life is put on hold and you pray that somehow relief will come. The struggles run deep and life begins to feel impossible. When life brings unbearable circumstances it’s hard to understand why a loving God would allow heartache, pain, turmoil, and strife. I’ve heard the question many times, “Why would God allow this?” I have asked the same question. It’s in that moment we have a choice – a choice to trust or turn away. Sometimes when we face insurmountable trials, it
What America Really Needs
As our country weeps with blood, with tears, with fear of the next tragedy, we are called to do what only Christians can do – pray and love. There’s a history in this nation from which all of our turmoil is rooted. We must remember this is nothing new. The color of the skin has been a long time issue that ought not be, but is. The struggle of sexual sin goes back to the Bible times. It’s not a new trend, or the way our world is headed these days. It is who people become without the love of
When Life is Changing
The wood beneath my feet was unfamiliar and the length between each step was new. Hoping not to wake the children, I tiptoed carefully listening for how the house might creak. I reached the final step and made my way to the living room. There was a familiar comfort of the furniture that had been with me for the past ten years. I sunk down deep into my cold brown leather chair and took a deep breath. I looked around and embraced the new and unfamiliar. Seasons come and seasons go. It seems easy when we consider seasons in terms
For the Tired Mom
Let’s just admit it. We all have our moments. Motherhood brings joy like nothing else on planet earth, but along with the cooing and cuddles comes tantrums and night terrors. As the little dumplings grow, there’s back talk, eye rolling, and the occasional huff and puff that has to be wrangled and set on the right path. It’s hard work being a mom. Truly, it’s exhausting! I’ll be the first to confess I take perfectly normal days and make complete motherhood messes that I would rather forget. I start out with really good intentions. I get up early, drink enough
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