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From the depths of my soul, I cry out to You Come near Restore me, restore my Joy  I am holding onto You for dear life Storms rage all around me The waves of trouble are engulfing me Doubt, worry and stress plague and haunt me My heart is broken This night seems long But I will REST in You I will be still in the midst of all this I will sit at Your feet You quiet me with Your love, Your voice and Your singing I will rest my soul I will rejoice in these hard times I will rejoice because Your presenceRead More →

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We give up easier than trying… We don’t fight hard enough for those near and dear to us because finding a way out is easier! Don’t you know that there is Someone who fights for us daily? We struggle with thinking that we are alone in our situation. No matter how hard life knocks us, God is FIGHTING for us! His ultimate show of fighting for us was sending His Son to die on the cross for us with a promise of rising again after 3 days and a promise to come back again for us! What a VICTORY we have in Christ!! He didn’tRead More →

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“Ok, God, I know You can heal Bella

I know You can make her better

But if Your healing isn’t exactly the way I think it is and Your plan is different from ours

Then, I am OK with that

I thank You, for gifting us a wonderful 2 years with this little determined little girl

Do what You have to do to make her better,

Amen”Read More →

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Sometimes in these episodes, I forget that I am His…that no matter what, He is always with me. I may not understand why things are the way they are but He sees everything. He knows what’s going on. He is always where I am and I can’t go anywhere where His presence is not around or with me. That is how much He loves me! As far as fighting well, we just need to STAND. He is fighting for us! He has the Victory!Read More →

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To the one who just can’t take it anymore, I see you in your struggle The fight to stop all the bad thoughts from swirling in your head I see you I know you just want to throw your hands up in the air and give up I know you feel like everything you do is worthless Unrecognized I see how much you want to run away from it all To escape But you are exactly where you are right now for a reason A reason you may not understand No, God’s not picking on you He is doing something far greater than you canRead More →

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I was ashamed to admit that I had depression and I didn’t tell anyone till 2 years ago about my struggle. I was so afraid of what it may mean to have to depression. In my mind, a person who believes in God and trusts in Him and believe that He is the Healer and ALL of who God is, couldn’t possibly be ever depressed? I mean, He IS the SOURCE of our Joy, right? How could I lose my joy? How could I not see the good in anything?? I felt like withdrawing but couldn’t…Read More →

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Let’s face it, life is not always easy! We get knocked down, pushed and sometimes, we fall, to a point where it is so hard to get back up. Life comes with all its joys and also its heartaches. When the darkness comes you have a hard time seeing your purpose in life. You lose all sense of balance from joy of simply waking up each morning and smelling the roses. You become blinded by your current sadness and situation that you fail to even see the blessings of the past, present and even the future. But when you put your trust in the Heavenly Father,Read More →

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I recently went with Chris to take a group of students to a youth rally this past Friday and the theme was Surrounded. As I stood back during the altar call, I saw a flood of students raising their hands in surrender to the Lord but what stuck out the most were those who came and prayed with them, hugged them and loved on them. They were SURROUNDED by a sea of people who truly showed their support. In life, we go through things that make us truly happy and there are those who are sincerely happy and rejoicing with us! They give us highRead More →

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I have always been a little sentimental when it comes to cards, notes, artwork by the kids. I think I have all the cards that Chris has given me over the last 13 years of marriage tucked away somewhere. We have moved several times but I have some tucked in my dresser drawer. I also have kept little notes from the girls or some of their artwork tucked away also. I am a collector of these items. I love reading over them! I have to honestly say that the last few months, I have struggled very badly with bouts of depression. I thought for sure IRead More →