By Jenny Albers Dear Daughter at 13, You Are Perfect
The day after my 13-year-old daughter asked to use my makeup to cover the splotches of acne dotting her T-zone,…
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Give Me Salt and Pepper Hair and This Lasting Love of Ours
Happy anniversary, my love! Gosh, the time has flown, and I feel like we are two completely different people from…
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By Jill Haugen Depression Took Me to Rock Bottom But God Rescued Me There
I was picking up momentum toward my lifelong dream of becoming a writer: my articles were being published, my poetry…
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By Her View From Home Help Me be Grateful for the Little Things
Do you ever feel just so overwhelmingly grateful? For all the millions of little things that you take for granted…
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“Wayward Daughter, Come Home.”
“Mommy, why is there war? Why can't people get along?” I asked, snuggled beside her with a book in hand.…
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Be Clothed in Jesus, Not Shame
When you meet me, I am usually an open book. I will share our life story with you freely. I will…
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A Baptism and a Grandma’s Hug from Heaven
She faked a heart attack so that I'd have a Cabbage Patch Doll. She sat in the front row for…
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By Natasha Smith Bring Them into the Room
A friend sent me a picture of our youngest daughter standing at the altar during a moment of corporate prayer…
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By Cleere Cheery Reaves God’s Plan > Mine
"To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; please who cherish understanding will prosper." (Proverbs, 19:8 NLT) It was a beautiful…
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By Shannon Whitmore A Grandma’s Prayers Are Relentless
My mother has prayed for the conversion of my father for most of their marriage. They began their relationship as…
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God Held My Baby and Me in the NICU
I had been here before. I had sat in the green recliner, holding my baby with wires attached to their…
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By Neely Richer There’s Grace in This Messy Pew
Trenches: defined in war as long, deep ditches, dug as protective defenses. It’s also sometimes what this space between the…
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