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Tenacious Hope

January 27, 2019Categories All Posts, Devotionals, God's FaithfulnessLeave a Comment on Tenacious Hope

Tenacious hope fights the temptation to sink into sorrow. God provides the promises to which we can hold and the strength to do it.

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Hope Assured: Birth and Burial

February 21, 2018February 27, 2018Categories All Posts, Family, God's Faithfulness, Grief, Guest Post, Marriage, Motherhood, Stories5 Comments on Hope Assured: Birth and Burial

In February 2016, the lives of Lindsey Atkins and Lizzie Lindberg went through epic changes that culminated to a profound juxtaposition on Saturday, February 20th. These circumstances compelled us to write our stories together.

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Lament: Active Trust

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017Categories All Posts, Devotionals, God's Faithfulness, Grief, Motherhood1 Comment on Lament: Active Trust

When anxiety threatens to overcome me and grief is more than I can bear, my rescuer has provided yet another way to cast my cares on Him.

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Mama, Kiss It

July 17, 2017January 31, 2018Categories All Posts, Devotionals, Family, God's Faithfulness, Grief, Motherhood, StoriesLeave a Comment on Mama, Kiss It

My littles teach me a lot about faith. When we ask God for healing, it's easy to assume that everything will be all better immediately but difficult to trust His timing and process.

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The low places

January 16, 2017January 4, 2018Categories All Posts3 Comments on The low places

It’s been a really long, tough week for me. It wasn’t any more or less stressful or painful, perhaps, than anyone else’s week, but it has been my kind of hard. I’m finding myself ragged and worn. The kind of exhausted that isn’t really settled by sleep or cozy blankets… the kind of dry that…

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Resolve to share authentically

December 28, 2016July 30, 2017Categories All Posts1 Comment on Resolve to share authentically

Weeks ago I was challenged to share authentically the ways in which God has shown His great faithfulness to me, without fear of the opinions of other people in order to bring God glory.

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