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The Purpose We Don’t Choose
“I feel like God hates me.” It was difficult to hear those tearful words from my daughter as she wrestled with the weight of everything that has happened to her this past year. I’m grateful that she has finally healed enough to begin emotionally processing, but there is so much about the past several months…
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On Suffering
I have been hesitant to write anything because, at the risk of being a little ‘too’ honest, I am afraid of dishonoring God. I am beyond broken over what our family has had to endure, and although my faith is still very much intact, I have wrestled with heartache as I’ve struggled to understand Him…
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Coping With My Daughter’s Health Crisis
How do you write about the most horrific thing you’ve ever experienced? For a long time I’ve believed that we are meant to share one another’s stories to bring light to each other in the darkness. I know we are called to encourage each other and to bring hope in the midst of pain and…
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Semi-Homesteading: The Simple Life
It’s no secret that we’re living in crazy times, and if we’re not careful, we can get caught up in the hype and fear that’s all over every form of media we have. Instead, we can stay away from all that and focus on the pleasures of a ‘simple’ life. Hoping to find some sort…
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What To Pursue As We Seek God
Last week we took a carload of kids to a youth camp in another state. Although it wasn’t exactly a typical ‘vacation’, we viewed it as a ‘road trip with purpose’, and on the way back we did get to stop and enjoy a couple of nights at a cottage on the lake. When you…
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Victory In The Suffering Of Injustice
“But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.” – 1 Peter 2:25 NASB In my garden last month, I had a beautiful, thriving zucchini plant with healthy blossoms that were beginning to turn into a harvest. Now I have a dead plant…
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