Articles

Gentle words for whatever season you're in.

gratitude

The Hidden Wealth of Small Mercies

We keep asking God for the big thing while standing in the middle of a hundred small ones.

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marriage

What to Do With the Same Old Argument

Most couples do not have a hundred problems. They have four, and they have them repeatedly.

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anxiety

When Worry Wakes You at 3 A.M.

Worry is not a character flaw. It is what love does when it runs out of information. Here is how to hand the night back to God.

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faith

Prayer Was Never Meant to Be Impressive

If you have ever felt like you are bad at praying, you have probably been measuring the wrong thing.

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faith

Seen by the One Who Matters Most

Most of what you do today no one will notice. There is a God who has been watching the whole time and calls it holy.

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motherhood

Finding Joy in the Middle of Motherhood

Joy is not the absence of hard days. It is a practice of noticing, and it can be relearned.

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gratitude

Learning Contentment Where You Are

Paul said he learned contentment. If it had to be learned, it is not a personality trait — it is a skill.

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faith

Who You Are When No One Is Watching

Identity built on performance has to be rebuilt every morning. There is a sturdier place to stand.

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faith

Strength for the Season That Will Not End

Waiting is not the empty space before your real life. It is where most of the important work gets done.

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anxiety

Peace for Your Racing Thoughts

You cannot stop a thought by fighting it. But you can stop believing every one that shows up.

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faith

Mustard Seed Faith Is Still Faith

Jesus never asked for a large faith. He asked for a real one, pointed in the right direction.

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gratitude

Finding Grace in the Ordinary Day

Most of your life is ordinary. If God is not present there, He is barely present at all.

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anxiety

Rest Is Not a Reward You Earn

You are not a machine that broke. You are a woman who was made to stop, and never learned how.

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faith

Trusting God When You Cannot See

Sometimes God feels absent. That feeling is real, and it is not the same as evidence.

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faith

Grace Is Not a Second Chance to Perform

Most of us accept grace to be saved and then quietly go back to earning. Here is what we lose by that.

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marriage

A Marriage Held Together by Grace

Grace in marriage is not pretending nothing is wrong. It is choosing to stay generous with someone who has seen you at your worst.

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motherhood

Strength for the Mothering Heart

Mothering asks for a kind of strength that has nothing to do with having it together.

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anxiety

You Are Not as Alone as It Feels

Loneliness lies by leaving things out. Here is what it is not telling you about the room you are standing in.

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marriage

Tending a Marriage That Has Gone Quiet

Marriages rarely blow up. They cool. And a fire that has gone down is not the same thing as a fire that has gone out.

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motherhood

Grace for the Exhausted Mother

You are not failing. You are depleted. Those are different problems with different solutions.

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marriage

When Marriage Feels Heavy

Some seasons of marriage are simply hard. Here is how to carry one without pretending and without giving up.

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motherhood

Putting Down Mom Guilt

Some guilt is a signal worth heeding. Most mom guilt is not, and learning the difference will change your week.

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motherhood

Praying for Your Children

You cannot control who they become. You can bring them, daily, to the God who loves them more than you do.

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anxiety

Scriptures to Pray When You Are Afraid

Ten passages for the nights when your own words run out — with what each one is actually saying.

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marriage

How to Pray for Your Husband

Praying for him is not a strategy to change him. It is what happens when you carry a man before God for years.

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faith

Waiting on God's Timing Without Losing Heart

God's delays are not indifference. But knowing that does not always make the waiting easier, so let us be honest about both.

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anxiety

Finding Peace When Nothing Is Settled

Peace that depends on knowing the outcome is not peace. It is just a pause between updates.

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gratitude

Three Blessings a Day

A two-minute practice that reliably changes how your life feels — and why it works.

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