This spring, millions of people from all over the world were glued to their televisions to watch the historic wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. We marveled over her dress. We beheld the royal procession. The beauty of the ceremony was breathtaking, and the notion of an unlikely maiden becoming royalty is a fairy […]
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Do you remember the childhood saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, words do hurt. They can wound, bruise, and inflict great harm on the unassuming victims of a razor-sharp tongue.
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I will never forget the look on his face. A look of confusion, bewilderment and disbelief shrouded my husband’s face the day he came home from work.
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During a recent women’s gathering at a local church, I witnessed a powerful expression of our redemption in Christ. On the stage, three women appeared with their heads down, looking distressed and ashamed. They each wore black shirts with a different word printed on them.
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Bible journaling is a powerful way to illustrate the truth of God’s Word with purpose and meaning. It is a life-giving way that we as daughters of the King can hide Scripture in our hearts with flair, delight, and splashes of color. After all, we truly serve a creative God! But sometimes Bible journaling can
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Have there been times in your life when you’ve felt rejected? There have certainly been times in my life’s journey when I have felt completely invisible. When I lived overseas, there was a particular person in my neighborhood who never acknowledged my presence when I was around. She never gave me eye contact. She never
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In college, a friend and I led a Bible study in our dorm room. I felt strongly that the study was to be on the book of Song of Songs, though I didn’t know much about the book–other than it was “romantic”. What I discovered in that study radically revealed to me the undying love
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Have you ever doubted your worth and identity in Christ? I know I have. The lies of the enemy are rampant. On the movie screens. On billboards. On magazine covers. We can even receive lies through well-intending family members and people we deeply care about. We begin to feel isolated and alone, reverting into a
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Give, and it will be given to you. Luke 6:38a Recently my son for his 7th birthday received a generous amount of money as a gift from various family members. He was so excited! The next day, he told me that he wanted to give half of his birthday money to his older sister so they
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Towards the end of the summer my husband and I attended a crowded event with our kids. There were hundreds of people in the heart of the downtown area of our city. We explained to each of them (ages 8, 6, 4, and 2 at that time) how extremely important it was that they held
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I love sparkling things. When I was a child I remember going through a phase where I collected pretty stones. I scoured my backyard in search of the shiniest, most interesting stones I could find. From glittering white quartz to smooth igneous rocks, I was on a quest to add the most stunning stones to
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