“You are acting desperate. What is wrong?” asked my husband. I didn’t have words to explain it. Tears after tears ran down my face. Did he really call me desperate? Rarely has that word been used to describe me. Was I? I knew I was tired. Our daughter was sick. Although she was feeling better, […]
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Getting Settled in the Promised Land by Amy
Your grace is enough. Your grace is enough. Your grace is enough for me. We sang this song at my church not long after I (Amy) had moved into my new apartment…in my new city…with my new job…surrounded by my new community… and I wondered if these lyrics were actually true. I knew them […]
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Extreme Highs and Lows
I (Kendra) love talking about my Jesus. He loves me so much. Whenever I get an opportunity to tell about His work in my life, I hope and pray that I have the courage to speak up. Recently, I did. On April 23, I spoke at a women’s retreat, and the response to Jesus was […]
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Personal Reflections for Easter
Sometimes I (Amy) forget that Jesus love and died for: the politician I don’t like the coworker I can’t stand the relative I don’t get along with the idiot in traffic I nearly hit that annoying person at church that person from my past that I can’t forgive that bully at school that person on […]
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Terrifying
Have you ever tried to tap out a familiar tune so that others could guess it? Many people find it more difficult than they would imagine. In an EntreLeadership podcast, Adam Grant talked about an experiment, where they had asked others to tap out a familiar tune, and only 2.4% (1 out 40 people) listeners […]
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Worthless
Sin whispers, “I am easier.” Satan whispers, “No one can obey all of God’s rules.” Sin says, “Why try to do right? You can’t be perfect. Satan says, “You failed.” Sin lies, “You will always be a failure and worthless.” Satan lies, “You can’t be used by God.” And all of the sudden, because I […]
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“Are you an American Christian or a Christian American?”
Let me give a prologue: I. Despise. Politics. I see a large group of people arguing stubbornly for their own selfish designs and nobody considering the greater good, and anyone who seems to want what’s best for everyone probably has a hidden agenda. Safe to say, I have a slightly pessimistic view of politics. I […]
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Feeling Loved
Shortly after my (Kendra’s) third brain surgery, some people were discussing my amazing recovery. Someone asked, “What is your prognosis?” Because I have dealt with this four (almost five years), I bluntly said, “Unless God does the unexplained, I am going to die.” My friend broke down in tears. And it startled me. I didn’t […]
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Maybe It’s Not Maybelline
God made me beautiful. This is a truth I worked very hard to accept in my younger and fatter days. As one preacher put it, “Yes, God loves you. But did you stop to consider for a moment that He also likes you??” It’s a silly sentence, but if you scoffed for even a moment, […]
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The Reality of My Situation
I (Kendra) had another follow-up doctor’s appointment this week. We are praising God the MRI showed that my brain is still stable. My doctor will never say that there was no change (because no two pictures will look exactly the same), but there was no significant change. Even with that good news, I still left […]
