faith
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Revealing the OFFICIAL Book Cover Art for Carol of the Mourning Dove
Today I’m sharing the OFFICIAL book cover art for Carol of the Mourning Dove (pictured below🕊️♥️) and the story of how it all came to be! After my husband, Ben, did some practice sketching, he began drawing for the book cover quite unceremoniously. He drew on the floor in the kids room during their nightly… Continue reading
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Note to Self (you can fall apart)
It’s your own heart,step right on the eggshells;let the dam break at last,go into the eye of the storm,I dare you! let sheets of rain run downyour soul,until you feel thosetearson your skin. uncharted waters—this grief, this sorrow.but Jesus,your Lord and Savior is knownto still a storm,remember? unmoor, and be at peace!the Lord—your Anchor in… Continue reading
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For the Christian Fighting for Their Very Life (spoiler: you go free)
I want youalone,dismayed. I want youfrozen intime. I want yourlimbsunmovingand both lungsbreathless,reeling. I want youpale withterror. I want youdoubting,spiraling. I want youpreservedin shame. I want darknessechoingin your mind. I want youinsane. But I scream out for the LORD and He hears my voice. And I remember there is nothing that can separate me from Him.… Continue reading
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When a Mother Prays
I’m a beggar and a mother, interchangeable. Spare these hearts of mine! Spare these hearts of mine! These hearts outside of me—spare them please! But I know it. Have lived it. They won’t escape pain, tragedies. By the tens or hundreds. But let them be. Let them breathe. Let them laugh and love, be healed, be held, be fearlessly… Continue reading
