Brokenness Into Beauty — The Work of the Potter's Hands

One Word: 2011

I look back over the ups and downs of the year labeled 2010, and my head spins. For one, I cannot believe another year has gone fleeting by… Most of all though, I cannot believe that one year could hold so very much. Change. If I had chosen a word for 2010, change would have [...]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

From our family to yours… Hope this holiday season is very blessed for you all!

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Check-In: Breaking Free Begins Soon

As I type this post, I am seated quite cozily at my parents’ house in rural Alabama, enjoying some much needed time “off” and time with the family. I hope this holiday season is offering you the same chance to recuperate and refresh! I am also writing to give each of you another chance to [...]

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Tainted Hope

I’m human. My heart desires. I look to the future and I make plans. And I dare to hope. Our family is not in a good place right now. It’s painful, and it’s hard. But I hope that all will change with time, prayer, and love. We have a sorted past – both of us [...]

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Breaking Free: Will You Join Me?

Together we have traveled our journeys of healing. You have supported me through fresh heartaches. Together we have faced pain, hope, and grace. And now I have a chance to invite you to join me again, on a different journey ~ This time a journey to break free. Breaking Free: The Journey, The Stories – [...]

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Strength for Service

I was recently contacted and asked to make all my military friends aware of this great devotional – Strength for Service. This book was written with those in service of others in mind. In honor of Veteran’s Day the Strength for Service devotional is available for a free download through tomorrow, Sunday, November 21, on [...]

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My eyes swollen. My face a mess. My heart aching. Once again I find myself before this screen, and once again there is the reason for transparency. And I’m angry. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. When this blog “came to life” the purpose was to share our story, to give hope, to stand [...]

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Orphan Sunday

“…Defend the fatherless…” ~Isaiah 1:17 We are given a direct admonition from the Lord – to defend the fatherless… to love the broken… to welcome the unwanted in with loving arms. It is our calling, as the sons and daughters of God, as His holy people, as His Church. “…For in YOU, the fatherless finds [...]

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Starting Over

Today is my soldier hubby’s birthday… He’s 35 years old today. We have been “together” {or at least in each other’s lives} since he was only 20. Fifteen years. That’s a huge investment, by anyone’s standards. Lord knows, it has not been an easy fifteen years. It hasn’t always been happy, lovely, or fun. But [...]

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No News is Good News

Image by Getty Images via @daylife I was afraid… and yet I wrote. You all responded… and I was overwhelmed. I am so grateful to each one of you who have read, commented, prayed, and loved on me over the past couple weeks. And I do sincerely apologize for being absent here since that very [...]

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