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The Quiet Strength of Slowing Down

The Quiet Strength of Slowing Down

Once upon a weary afternoon, I realized a rushed energy had become the anthem of my spirit. A wild river…
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Hope When Heartache Lingers

Hope When Heartache Lingers

If we had the pleasure of meeting in a checkout lane, I’d surely compliment your outfit or your taste in…
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The Freedom of Missing Out

The Freedom of Missing Out

The neon numbers on my nightstand clock insisted it was midnight, yet it may as well have been midday as…
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Dreams Interrupted

Dreams Interrupted

Fluent in the story of tomorrow, my heart envisioned scene upon scene of a future where my little one grew…
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Broken Yet Whole

Broken Yet Whole

Our signatures were barely dry on a million mortgage papers when we stood beneath the Carolina sky planting the sweetest…
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What Are You Doing Here?

What Are You Doing Here?

Like toddlers in a toy store, new years come bounding in, bursting with possibility for all that lies ahead. Some…
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Trading Constant Concern for Quiet Relief

Trading Constant Concern for Quiet Relief

I wonder how these same palms I lift in praise can grip so tightly to a thousand concerns. Tears laced…
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Help for the Weary Woman

Help for the Weary Woman

Rise before dawn for an hour of Bible study and a five-mile run: Check! Fold laundry and order groceries while…
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The Confidence to Believe You Belong

The Confidence to Believe You Belong

It was my first day at a new school—midyear, where everyone knew each other and no one knew me. Nine…
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It never gets old, this glory that rises in my fro It never gets old, this glory that rises in my front yard & sets in my back yard day upon day. ☀️🙌
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Worthy is the One whose glory is greater. ✨
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These sky eyes of mine can’t not watch the beauty He sketches on the canvas above. 💕
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Thank You, Lord. 🤍
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#sunset #glory #god #beauty #christianwriter
Dear friend, are you living in a season of hope up Dear friend, are you living in a season of hope upon hope? If so, I understand. 💗
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The relentlessness of some seasons has a way of tethering our threadbare hearts to hope.
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Unlike other holy hallmarks, sometimes hope can feel hard to define. 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 feels wild and strong; 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, grounded and secure. Yet, hope can seem wistful, intangible.
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But, more and more I'm realizing that even though hope seems an elegant mystery—Hope is a force unto itself.
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In today's Proverbs 31 Ministries devotion, 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, I share how God meets us inside this beautiful mystery of hope with all of Himself. His power has not lost its authority. 🙌 
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Dear friend, I'm here alongside you as together we hold hope inside the lingering heavy seasons of life. 💗
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You can read and join the conversation today at Proverbs31. org . Would love to hear from you, friend. 💕
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#hope #heartache #Proverbs31Ministries #christianwriter
The neon numbers on my nightstand clock insisted i The neon numbers on my nightstand clock insisted it was midnight, yet it may as well have been midday as far as my active mind was concerned.
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Weariness swept my spirit as the enemy nagged notions of angst. 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵? I begged softly into the night.
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Turns out, trying to fill every moment of opportunity can leave you feeling empty of rest.
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Dear friend, can you relate to being in that place of striving to do it all, lest you miss out on something meaningful, while quietly feeling weary and worn?
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We often hear the acronym FOMO—the “fear of missing out.” But what a lullaby it would sing to our weary spirits, if instead we embraced a different kind of FOMO—the “freedom of missing out.” 🙌
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You can read the full devotion live today at Proverbs 31 Ministries! ✨
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I’d love to hear your story, friend. Have you ever felt similarly? 💕
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#FOMO #freedom #weary #christianwriter #proverbs31ministries
Dear Lord of the sunrise: Thank You! 🙌 💗 . . . #su Dear Lord of the sunrise: Thank You! 🙌 💗
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#sunrise #hope #God #christianwriter
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