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How God Rewrote My Love Formula
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I started my search for love at 21. I used to dream about the ideal guy—Christian, older, tall, handsome, a true gentleman.
I wanted to create a “formula” for love, beginning with a checklist. Although I’d always been told to trust God for a partner, having a checklist felt like I was at least doing something on my part.
Fighting My Fears: A Poem
When was the last time you felt crippled by fear?
Was it a fear of failure? Fear of rejection? Fear of the future?
How the Book of Deuteronomy Spoke to My Fears
I wasn’t that excited to begin this year’s study on Deuteronomy. But to my surprise, the very book that I was reluctant to study provided me with the encouragement I needed.
When God Allowed My Deepest Fears to Happen
Courage, dear child, was God’s silent whisper to me. I didn’t understand it then, but I held onto His promise that He is with me. Little did I know that my greatest fear was about to happen.
3 Signs It’s Time to Let Go
We often hold on to something—whether it’s a relationship that we know isn’t pleasing to God, or a job or task that we’ve outgrown—for longer than we need to.
Perhaps it feels impossible and wrong to quit. So we persevere and plod along, even when it’s leading us nowhere.
Is Fear Threatening to Overwhelm You?
I was listening to one of my favorite Christian radio shows, and the topic that day was fear. I thought to myself, “I really don’t have a problem with fear,” but I listened anyway. Fast forward about 10 years . . . Now I can tell you about fear.