UPDATE: Winner of this week's giveaway is Jennifer Wise. Thanks to everyone for submitting such great comments! Has someone recently broken a promise to you that's left your heart all mangled up inside? Maybe the memory of a broken promise still surfaces in your thoughts from time to time. And when it does, those feelings of heartache rush in like a tidal wave, as if that broken promise just happened ...
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Our Best Plans … or His? {Guest Post by Lynn Cowell & Giveaway}
Are you raising daughters or granddaughters? If so, you'll want to lean-in close and get the scoop from my good friend, Lynn Cowell, who will be sharing with us today. Her expert advise and Biblical insight has the potential of transforming your young girl's life! As my life would have it, I'm raising teenage sons, BUT I've heard horror stories from some of my closest friends who are raising ...
The Waiting Game {Giveaway}
Giveaway Update: Congratulations Mayra ~ you are this week's winner and will receive a copy of Karen Kingsbury's devotional, Miracles. Thank you, everyone, for leaving comments. I'm praying over your requests and concerns daily. God knows your heartache and the problems you're facing today. Continue to pray consistently, specifically, humbly and with great expectation as you wait with for your ...
Divine Distractions
If you’re stopping by after reading my devotion on Encouragement for Today, welcome! I'm so glad you're here. This week I'm giving away another signed copy of Lysa TerKeurst's new book, The Best Yes. I hope you’ll take a few minutes to sign up for the drawing and it would be so much fun to connect on Facebook or Twitter. Today, over at Proverbs 31 Ministries, I’m sharing how a routine stop at my local ...
You Are Not Forgotten
I didn't mean to stare, but I couldn't help it. After exchanging a quick smile, she continued placing grocery bags into her cart, while my eyes glanced back at her arms. Tattoos covered every inch of skin from her tiny shoulders to her delicate wrists. Images of hearts, religious symbols, quotes and names of those I imagined she loved over the years. Woven together in a tapestry of flesh and ...
When Fear Holds Us Hostage
As a teenager, I lived a pretty sheltered life. I believed nothing bad would ever happen to me. Then one day, I found myself in the middle of a really bad situation. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time resulted in a pistol put to my head. A robbery that was a sudden and terrifying scenario for this naive teenage girl. "Don't move or I'll shoot!" The sharp words of my abductor rattled me to my ...
Does Your Calendar Have White Space?
As I glanced at my calendar this morning, I immediately thought of you. I wondered if your calendar looked anything like mine. Not that we'd have the same appointments or to-do lists. Your work schedule and errands are probably very different. Many I'm sure. Maybe you have lunch planned with a friend or a hair appointment with your stylist. I don't have either of those on my calendar, although that ...
The Perfect Direction (Giveaway)
Update: The winner of this week's giveaway is Michelle Axton Kelly. Congratulations to Michelle and a B-I-G thanks to everyone for leaving such great comments. I appreciate your honesty, transparency and insight. I'm feel so blessed that God has allowed our paths to cross. Do you ever feel like your going in circles and not making any progress? If you're like me, you sometimes second guess your ...