Surviving the Pain of Divorce One Day at a time
I am reading several devotionals at one time. Not that I am consistent in my reading of any of them, but I attempt to read a few pages daily to try to find God’s will for me. One of my favorites is “Glimpses of God’s Grace” by Anita Donahue. Anita speaks of stepping out on […]
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I have just recently finished the book “The Help” When I found out there was a movie I could not wait to see it. There were many times during the movie I found myself angry at the injustice and other times touched by the tenderness. The love in the quote repeatedly spoken by Abilene to […]
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“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God”. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Have you ever really looked at an apple tree? I […]
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Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus,the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the […]
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Hagar in the book of Genesis did not have it easy. But even with difficulty in her life, she recognized God as “the God who sees me.” Help us, God, to realize you see us too. In pain, in joy and everything in-between thank you God for being the God who sees, understands us and […]
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Corrie Ten Boom was an amazing woman. She and her family helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust by hiding them in their home. Sadly she and her family were discovered and imprisoned in a concentration camp. Even in the midst of the trauma of the prison camp Corrie held onto her faith and was […]
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**This is a memory of the day I was baptized at CrossPointe Church. 2013** I remember distinctly the day I was baptized. I was 18 years old. There was a large group of us in a country field standing in front of a large pond. We all lined up and then took turns being […]
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When you think about it life can be scary. Hurricane Florence visited North Carolina this week. On the coast there was and still is massive flooding. Countless homes have destroyed by falling trees and flood waters. Looters have hit the streets in many of the cities devastated by the storm. Many have died. As […]
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I found this short story on a site called Spiritual Short Stories. The title of the story and the author are unknown. As I read the story, I thought of myself and the many others that have experienced pain and despair caused by an unwanted and unnecessary divorce. The Story A young woman went to her grandmother […]
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I liked this quote as soon as I read it. When learning anything in life, whether it be a new skill or navigating the waters of a life trauma, in my case and unwanted divorce, these are times when we may regress or seem to go backward. These are the times we might make a […]
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