But God, I Can’t Forgive That
Surrender is scary. Giving in feels like defeat. Even when I know it’s the right thing, yielding everything to God…
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Surrender is scary. Giving in feels like defeat. Even when I know it’s the right thing, yielding everything to God…
Continue ReadingHi, my name is Emily, and I am a struggling perfectionist. Even as I write those words, I squirm a…
Continue ReadingAfter my husband soared to Heaven eight years ago, my three daughters and I found ourselves on an intense grief…
Continue ReadingSeated at the sunroom breakfast table, mouth full of Special K, I glance out the row of windows. A flutter…
Continue ReadingI've always been a teeth grinder, especially during times of high stress. Striving manifests itself physically through my teeth and…
Continue ReadingMotherhood–like marriage–reveals the sin within me. I complain, I worry, I’m selfish. I yell, I compare, I’m quick to anger.…
Continue ReadingWhen I brought my firstborn home from the hospital, I taped a poster next to the changing table that had…
Continue ReadingWhen my head hits the pillow each night, my mind fills up with all the mistakes I've made that day,…
Continue Reading$94.10. That’s how much the cash register showed at 10 p.m. that night at the grocery store. I watched as…
Continue ReadingThere is no denying it. There is something about a fixer-upper story that pulls us in. If we scan the…
Continue ReadingGod knows. Those days that have gone backward, sideways, and anywhere, but straight ahead. God knows. The am I doing…
Continue ReadingDo you remember learning about the American Revolution when you were in school? So do I, but it was just…
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