“Thrive” is not a word we typically associate with difficult seasons. Instead, it usually describes peak moments and seasons of life when things are going well and we are living life at its best. However, when overwhelming challenges and complexities arise, we often struggle to push past what we see and feel in the moment […]
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When life is hard, we are most likely to question God’s love and faithfulness. As long as things are going well, it is easy to trust that He is a loving Father who truly cares for us. But when difficulties arise, our view and understanding of Him are challenged, causing us to wonder if He
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A key ingredient to enduring difficulties and challenges is joy, but that’s typically not our natural response when facing trials. More times than not, we complain, mope, and try everything we can to get ourselves out of hard situations. Yet, James 1:2 tells us that trials are an occasion for joy, an opportunity for gladness.
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Life is full of them. They are always inconvenient…sometimes unexpected…seldom easy…and never welcome. Yet, they are unavoidable. Surely, if we had a choice, we would “opt-out” to go the more carefree, comfortable, less-complicated route. But…(deep sigh) Life is not a fairytale. The reality is that WE WILL experience real, hard, and sometimes messy challenges and
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Our son, Naylan, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) six months ago, just before his third birthday. Since that time, I have had several people ask various questions about life with T1D. In this post, I will answer the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) I have received. I will also share the struggles I
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I did not understand how serious our son’s condition was when I brought him to the emergency room (ER) after his pediatrician diagnosed him with Type 1 diabetes. A couple of ER doctors tried to explain what was happening, but the terminology was too much for me to comprehend. I was too focused on comforting
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What happens when you find yourself dealing with an unexpected, difficult situation? If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you’ll see a pattern in my faith where I struggled to reconcile God’s goodness with the difficulties and trials I was experiencing. That’s because I thought that if I followed His commands, He would keep
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Before we set out to do a thing, we want it to make sense. We would prefer to know all of the details and have all of our resources secure and within reach before we start. The more we know and the more prepared we are, the better! But what do we do when God
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2020 has been a year like none other. We’ve been overwhelmed by a global health pandemic, racial injustice, political drama, an economic crisis…not to mention the events that have gone on in our personal lives. But as I reflect over this year, the one thing that astounds me the most is the number of deaths
I’d longed to be a MRS. ever since I can remember. When I was young, I would sit in my room and imagine what it would be like to be married. I even drafted my wedding plans, with fake names for my groom and bridal party. I went to college expecting to find my husband.
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