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Treasure Hunt: Where Is Yours Stored?

August 8, 2015 by Loree

Lightning flashes illuminate their fear. The winds howl like a frenzied beast as the angry sky releases torrents into the churning deep. One single dreaded word shouted from the [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blessings, burdens, gold, heart, hurricane, Matthew 6:19-21, money, one day at a time, selfish, spanish ships, treasure, trials, troubles

Watch Out…Life is Going to Throw You a Curve

August 1, 2015 by Loree

I hadn’t been this way in years. All I remembered was the barren desolation. I’d forgotten the stark beauty.   Flat, straight and smooth Lonely and alone. A road that seems to [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Alone, canyon, curve, I Corinthians 2:9, lonely, New Mexico, promise, Psalm 84:5-7, road, security, storm

Forgiveness: Navigating The Rocky Road To Healing

July 25, 2015 by Loree

His blood ran Rivers down his face Dripping from his fingers Raining from his feet.   The tree he was nailed to soaked the precious blood of our Savior into it’s dry pores. The [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blood, bondage, despair, ego, forgiveness, freedom, healing, heart, humble, joy, kindness, Matthew 6:14, patience, unconditional, ungrateful, unhappiness

When Fear Paralyzes and We Forget Who is in Charge

July 19, 2015 by Loree

I could see it in her eyes, large, brown and wide with fear. Chai Latte in hand, blueberry muffin devoured, I was enjoying a relaxing morning on the breezy rooftop in T-Town (Tulsa). The summer [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Cutie, fear, joy, Proverbs 3:5-6, swim, trust, Tulsa, understand

Wading Through Troubled Waters: How To Refresh Your Soul

July 11, 2015 by Loree

I learned when I was about 10. My Daddy taught me. We taught those boys when they were even younger. I remember now...the secret is in the stone. The fun in the search and the importance of [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly, Raising Boys Tagged: brothers, cell phone, nature, Oklahoma, Psalms 23, Red River, Refresh, sister, skipping rocks, soul, troubles, weather

Nature’s Love Song: Being Fully Present In a Distracted World

July 5, 2015 by Loree

That sound The one that soothes my soul The one that makes me want to sit for hours And cast my eyes upon his beauty.   The soft whisper of the brook beside me, washing, flowing, [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, beauty, birds, depression, distracted, Dr. Alan Logan, frogs, melody, nature, noise, Psalms 65:8, restore, soul, streams, stress, technology, worry

The Constant Battle: Kicking Worry to the Curb

June 28, 2015 by Loree

  The view is spectacular, thirty-thousand feet above home. The sun creates the illusion of pristine snowfields Abruptly ending in a dark abyss below. As we fly over the darkness, [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Peace, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: beauty, dirt, Disappointment, distractions, Focus, gift, joy, peace, Phillipians 4:6-7, politics, War, worry

The Woman In Red: Being Bold In A Hostile World (Rwanda #14)

June 20, 2015 by Loree

I  don’t know her, We merely exchanged church smiles and head nods But I want to be that woman Or at least the image of what she stands for in my mind. No air-conditioning, doors [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: Alone, Bold, brave, daring, Isaiah 40:29, tolerant, truth, Weak, worship

In The Demand For Perfection Are we Missing True Beauty? ((Rwanda #13)

June 14, 2015 by Loree

From the third floor of the high rise, ringed by sister skyscrapers, all seems modern and prosperous in this emerging African city. The reflections of sky gives a beautiful blue tint to the structures [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Travel Tagged: 1Tim 4:5, beauty, blessings, first world, free enterprise, perfection, Rwanda, skyscrapers

Beauty that Deceives: Under the Banyon Tree (Rwanda #12)

June 6, 2015 by Loree

We all have preconceived ideas. We may even think we would recognize one or at least sense that is something off. This one happens to be beautiful, green, and leafy But is a killer just the [Read more...]

Posted in: Pursuit of All Things Godly, Travel Tagged: Banyan, evil, Kadiri India, killer, murder, Proverbs 4:21, Rwanda
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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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