If you are a part of my email list, you know that I send out a free devotional (almost) every weekend called the Weekend Rest + Reflect. My heart behind the Weekend Rest + Reflect was to have a way in a devotional form to share with you guys what I have been learning and mulling over in my time with the Lord. Each devo has reflection questions, a worship song, and focus Scriptures. But I also realized that there was justtttt one problem...how would new people get to read the old devotion[...]
A She Chose Hope Story by Jemelene Wilson She Chose Hope - Introductions Welcome to this month's She Chose Hope Story. It is my joy to introduce you to writer Jemelene Wilson. She has such a beautiful testimony to share with us today and I can hardly wait for you to get to read it! Click here to catch up on the rest of the She Chose Hope Stories Hope is a Person (By: Marian Frizzell) I’m a talker so it isn’t often I’m at a loss for words but today is one of those days. Wel[...]
This week, I was laying in my bed post-seizure, my body still recovering from my episode and my cheeks still drying from the few tears that escaped down my face. As I laid there staring up at the ceiling darkened by nightfall, I had a thought. It was, "I don’t feel victorious right now". I had made it a new year’s resolution to keep track of every episode in a log. As I followed through on the familiar habit of opening the notes app on my phone and I saw the new total as I added in the n[...]
Whenever you hear the phrase "victory in Jesus", what comes to mind? Personally, my mind goes immediately to the hymn (which will now be stuck in my head for hours, because it's my favorite!). But beyond the hymn, what does this concept of victory look like and how does it play out in our lives as believers? Especially whenever we are feeling like anything but victorious. Am I alone in feeling like sometimes "victory in Jesus" seems like a difficult thing to live up to whenever we are i[...]
A guest post by Marian Frizzell She Chose Hope - Introductions In this month's edition of the She Chose Hope series, we have a wonderful post by writer, mother, and military wife Marian Frizzell. She is sharing with us her story about how God showed up in her weariness. To also read the other stories in the series, click here. Hope is a Person (By: Marian Frizzell) On the eve of our seventh move in thirteen years (that’s if you don’t count a three month evacuation that led t[...]
Lately, I have been in a weird season and have been retreating into myself more than usual (and that's saying something coming from a true introvert!). I feel like a broken record whenever I say this, but I have been so tired within my soul lately. Part of me struggles to write because I am a happy person who loves the Lord, but it's been a difficult season of deep pain in various ways. But, a big part of my writing and building community with you is being honest. And if I'm being honest, I[...]