Category: Hope in the Journey
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The Power of Transparency
What if the very story you’ve hidden is the one God wants to use to encourage someone else? Transparency isn’t about exposing our failures—it’s about revealing God’s faithfulness. Discover how God never wastes a healed wound.
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Still Small Voice
In a world filled with noise, opinions, and endless distractions, it can be difficult to recognize the gentle voice of our Good Shepherd. Through personal stories spanning a lifetime, discover how God often speaks—not through the dramatic—but through quiet whispers that draw us into a deeper relationship with Him.
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Still His Child
On the eve of entering an unwed mothers’ home in 1966, I expected judgment. Instead, God revealed a truth that changed my life forever: even in my failure, I was still His child
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A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance
For thirty-two years, June brought a sadness I could never fully explain. Then, in a single afternoon, God transformed an entire season of mourning into a season of laughter and dancing.
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Different by Design
What may appear to others as random wandering is sometimes God shaping a life through adaptation, perseverance, and faith. In this deeply personal reflection, I share how comparison clouded my ability to see the purpose God was unfolding all along.
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The Gift of Music
There was a season in my life when I believed the music had come to an end. After years of ministry and purpose, loss and change made it feel like something precious had died. But God had other ideas—and what I thought was over was only being rewritten
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The Joy That Strengthens Me
The joy of the Lord isn’t the same as happiness. It often shows up in life’s hardest seasons. A personal reflection on choosing joy, gratitude, and strength in the middle of struggle.
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God Winks: How God Orders our Steps in Unexpefcted Ways
Have you ever experienced a “God wink”—a moment that felt too perfectly timed to be coincidence? In this deeply personal story, discover how God uses unexpected phone calls, simple words, and unseen preparation to order our steps in ways we never could have planned.
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The Valley Looks Different from the Shepherd’s Point of View
Sometimes we do not understand the valley while we are walking through it. But from the Shepherd’s point of view, every step has meaning, every detour has purpose, and every hard place can reveal His faithfulness in ways we could not see before.
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Finding Purpose in Life’s Winter
Learning to trust God’s purpose when life grows quieter Nearing the end of my seventies, I am more aware than ever of how quickly the seasons of my life have changed. Comparing what my life is today with what it once was can bring a jarring sense of sadness—even depression. Was it only yesterday that…