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When the dehumanizing brings out the humanity #Harvey

Because when tragedy strikes, we all come face to face with our own fragile nature and vulnerability. All lives matter. All lives are worth saving. All humanity is worth dignifying. Hurricane Harvey

After months of watching our nation treat each other like a label or a political philosophy or a pre-existing condition— anything but a fellow human — we’re watching the humanity resurface.

God met her in the unexpected to prepare her for the unimaginable

God met her in the in-between after she had walked out and before she got home. He replaced her questions — not with answers— but with confidence that he is sovereign and trustworthy.

How God “Made it Count”

A story of watching God “make it count” just like He’s promised.

Don’t look back ~ You’re not going that way

Jesus will take you to places with Him that are more than you imagined, but they will rarely look like what you had planned. Christian living encouragement for trusting God's timing, seeking God's will. Don't look back, you're not going that way.

God can and will help you move forward. He is not done and what is behind you does not define what is ahead of you. Don’t look back.

Breaking the stronghold of loneliness

Once you allow loneliness a place in your life, it can color the way you see everything else — including your relationship with God.

When it’s a fight to trust God

Do you ever struggle with holding God at arm’s length? Have you ever felt like you’d rather not grow if it’s going to be so painful? Be encouraged that you’re not alone and be reminded that the gentle Father is pleased when you ask for His help to trust.

How to trust again when you feel betrayed by God

Time doesn't heal all wounds; God does. Encouragement for Christian living, survival-grade faith, words of hope from Scripture. God is good and worthy to be trusted. How to trust again when you feel betrayed by God.

If you’ve ever felt betrayed by God, this powerful testimony will resonate: a daughter’s journey to survival-grade faith after the death of her father.

How to find dry ground when you’re drowning in questions

The questions that accompany grief, pain, and struggle can pull you under. Here are three responses from survivors of grief that may help you hold on and take another step.

The questions that accompany grief, pain, and struggle can pull you under. Here are 3 responses from survivors of grief that may help you.

How to HOLD ONTO Hope when you feel undone

These 4 quick bits of inspiration will help you keep going and hold onto hope, even if the best you can do is to practice not quitting! Encouragement, Scripture quotes, and biblical wisdom to help the Christian warrior hold on for one more day in God's army.

Sometimes the best you can do is to simply practice not quitting. 4 simple bits of inspiration to help you keep going and hold onto hope for another day.

Encouragement to endure Waiting, Winter, and the Wilderness Road

If you're feeling hopeless and undone, this encouragement is for you! In God's economy, nothing is wasted. There is purpose for this season of life. Scripture-based inspiration, Bible verse motivation, Faith quotes, Christian living, Bible study, devotional, overcoming discouragement

Here’s hope for the waiting period, the winter season, and the wilderness road if you’re feeling hopeless.In God’s economy, nothing is wasted!

3 foundations to cling to when you think God is distant

What does it REALLY mean to 'walk by faith'? A hope-filled message for you if you feel like God doesn't care about your pain and isn't hearing your prayers. The time God didn't "show off" taught me lessons about answered prayers. We can trust God's timing.

From the time God “didn’t show off” ~ a lesson learned about walking by faith. Do you feel left out? All around you see evidence of others’ answered prayers but it feels like God is distant from you.

How to Develop Survival-grade Faith

The Hebrews heroes, Peter’s story, and Peter’s Spirit-inspired words point us toward this reality: it is NOT about our performance on the test, but about our faith surviving and thriving through to the other side. Scripture-based encouragement and inspiration for Christians from 1 Peter, Hebrews 11 “hall of faith,” and Peter’s own failure and revival as recorded in the Bible.

Once we’re in a trial or a test, the only way is THROUGH it. Lessons we can glean from Peter’s words and the Hebrews passages about how to overcome challenges in life.