ABC Thanksgiving Prayer
It’s easy to be thankful when life looks good and things are going smoothly. We often like to say we are “blessed” in those moments. When crisis hits or relationships crumble it’s much harder to offer up praise and thanksgiving. The blessings we experience in the good old days quickly become a faint memory of God’s grace and we tend to focus on the problem in front of us. We know the right things to say in these seasons: Keep your chin up. This won’t last forever. God is good all the time. These things aren’t bad to say. I
Listen, Love, Repeat Book Giveaway
In this season of giving thanks, I want to thank you, my amazing readers for your love, kindness, and support of micahmaddox.com! As my way of saying thank you, I have partnered with a one of my favorite best-selling authors, Karen Ehman to bring you the awesome opportunity to win her brand new book, Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World and upcoming Study Guide and DVD. Karen is one of my writing mentors and teachers through Compel Training and Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her writing style is so conversational it feels like we are BFF’s and I think
The Broken Way Book Giveaway!
I am so excited to be giving away a beautiful gift this week! Ann Voskamp’s latest New York Times Bestseller has the potential to change the way you view the broken parts of life. It’s a powerful book of encouragement wrapped up in some of the most beautiful writing I’ve ever read. I am giving away a hard-back copy of The Broken Way along with the upcoming Study Guide and DVD! You will be truly blessed by this book that dares us to live the abundant life even amidst the brokenness. When I set out to read The Broken Way, in
The Beauty of Time
I am so excited to share this unique JORD Wood Watch with you! For the first time ever I am teaming up with JORD Wood Watches for a giveaway! I have fallen in love with these beautiful, unique watches and can’t wait to see who wins one! I love the simple beauty of the wood and the designs are classic and timeless. Here is the best part – everyone who enters this giveaway will receive a $20 gift card to use on your favorite Jord Wood Watch! One lucky winner with receive a $75 gift card! To enter and receive
When It Still Hurts
I pull the covers up over my head and close my eyes tightly. My mind embraces a new day, but my heart rejects the new tomorrow because I know the things that made my heart feel heavy yesterday are still there. I can still feel the heaviness, the worry, the waiting for things to work out. The things unknown cause anxiety. Questions and heartaches from a fresh new wave of trials make us want to go to sleep and dream again of a better tomorrow. A day when life is good again and our hearts don’t hurt so much. But
Mom, Stay a Little Longer
The sink is overflowing with dishes and the floor is speckled with crumbs, but it’s time for dinner again. The easiest option is soup, so I stir and let it simmer until it’s ready. I reach in the drawer for spoons and open the cabinet for bowls, but I see the empty space where the spoons go and the blank shelf where the bowls normally reside. I need to wash the dishes. They pile up so quickly. Faster than I can keep up. Isn’t that the way life happens sometimes? And then we go to reach for what we need
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