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April 18, 2023

Things I learned while being interrogated. 11/19/21 Truth I learned as I faced my personal worst nightmare. I can: Remain calm. I can remain calm even in the midst of verbal assault because of the help of the Holy Spirit. I have never been able to maintain peace in an emotionally turbulent situation. I learned…

April 18, 2023

Embrace the Struggle By Connie Lawson To embrace the struggle is to welcome it. To accept with pleasure the occurrence or presence of Adversity in our lives. The pleasure I am speaking of is  Not some odd I like to suffer track, but  Reflects the true meaning of the word pleasure, Which is to have…

April 18, 2023

Do you trust me?    He continues to ask this of me. It serves as both a reminder and a warning. He knows the battle I am in, and he knows what is at stake. Every day I struggle. I struggle to continue on in hope and stalwart faith. Humanly speaking, there is no evidence…

April 18, 2023

2/20/22 Deliverer   In the Sunday sermon, this morning, 2/20/22, God brought to me the word deliverer, very strongly. So strongly, in fact, I was overwhelmed by His presence and moved to tears.   I stood under what seemed to be a live exhibit of His power and might as His name Deliverer penetrated my…

April 18, 2023

I care, He said.    I’ve cared all along.    Everything I have done is because I care.   He has defended me, the whole way, through everything that’s happened. The very reason it all took place was that He wanted more for me, His desire for me was big, so big in fact, it…

April 18, 2023

I recently read an article on social media that addresses the need for the broken to go to church. It’s a very well-written and tender article, but sadly most of the addicted, disabled, poor, weak, needy, and shame-filled people it addresses aren’t overly welcome in the church.   First, let me describe being welcome. Being…

April 18, 2023

I truly believe my sickness and past trauma was orchestrated and allowed by God.    It has consisted of the majority of my life (over 20 years) living with an incorrect diagnosis, belief about myself, treatments I didn’t need, and becoming infertile, along with many other tragedies.   But, I believe, I was supposed to…

April 18, 2023

Losing my second “promised” child shook me to my core. It wasn’t my faith or belief in God that was shaken, but my perspective on life and what I pursue.  It showed me truth upon painful truth, challenging every way I have followed the Lord. As long as I can remember, I have held on…