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Times of Painful Mercy

Times of Painful Mercy

June 17, 2025June 16, 2025

Sometimes God says no to our most earnest requests. We plead, we bargain, we pour out our hearts’ deepest…

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2025 Theme Word: Trust

2025 Theme Word: Trust

January 7, 2025January 4, 2025

What does starting a new year mean for you? For me, it means it’s time to…

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Gift Yourself with Silence This Christmas

Gift Yourself with Silence This Christmas

December 3, 2024November 16, 2024

Do you have your own name written down on your Christmas list? If not, put it…

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A Special Touch: The Kiss of God

A Special Touch: The Kiss of God

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

Special touches from God—those moments that fill and warm the heart. Those moments when we feel his…

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Run to Our Daily God

Run to Our Daily God

March 5, 2024March 2, 2024

“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” Psalm 68:19…

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Find Rest in God’s Promise of a Haven

Find Rest in God’s Promise of a Haven

August 1, 2023July 29, 2023

“He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were…

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Comfort and Encouragement for You This Christmas

Comfort and Encouragement for You This Christmas

December 6, 2022December 5, 2022

*I am taking a blogging break the rest of the month. God bless you and yours…

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Surrounded by the Lord

Surrounded by the Lord

April 19, 2022April 18, 2022

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” Psalm…

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Let: Little Word with Big Impact for Fear and Worry

Let: Little Word with Big Impact for Fear and Worry

April 5, 2022April 4, 2022

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you . . . Do not let…

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Encouragement and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride

Encouragement and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride

January 4, 2022January 6, 2022

Mother of the Bride, I’d love to start 2022 wedding planning off by offering you encouragement…

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Christmas Rest Is Possible – Plus My Blogging Break

Christmas Rest Is Possible – Plus My Blogging Break

November 30, 2021November 6, 2021

*I’ll be taking my annual holiday blogging break until the first of the year. Hope you…

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God Gets in the Boat With Us

God Gets in the Boat With Us

February 2, 2021January 30, 2021

“Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down.” Mark 6:51 NIV…

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God’s Unchanging Word: A Cause for Thanksgiving

God’s Unchanging Word: A Cause for Thanksgiving

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020

“Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” Psalm 119:89 NIV Our lives…

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A Still Heart: Guest Post by Author Julie K. Gillies

A Still Heart: Guest Post by Author Julie K. Gillies

September 15, 2020September 12, 2020

Our minds can easily slip into overdrive when we evaluate all the what-ifs, attempting to figure…

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Anyone Snowed Under?

Anyone Snowed Under?

February 19, 2019February 16, 2019

Any of you ever find yourselves snowed under? This was the sight that greeted me several years…

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God Stands Near and Gives Courage

God Stands Near and Gives Courage

June 12, 2018June 9, 2018

“. . . the Lord stood near Paul and said, ‘Take courage!’” Acts 23:11 NIV We’ve…

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Midweek Morsel: A God Who Gets in the Boat

Midweek Morsel: A God Who Gets in the Boat

October 29, 2015October 28, 2015

“Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down.” Mark 6:51a Are…

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Cheryl Barker

Faith. Family. Friends. Serving God. All these things are important to me. Being a writer is one of the ways I live out my faith and serve the One who first loved me. My prayer is that you will be refreshed and encouraged on life’s journey!

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Christmas for the heart

Let this book help you reclaim the beauty and wonder of the season, lead you to rejoice in the greatest gift ever given to the world, and inspire you to give the King of Kings the worship he's due. It makes a perfect gift too!

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Mother of the Bride Book

Mother of the Bride: Refreshment and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride
This book is the perfect gift and resource to refresh and encourage mothers of the bride and offer them wisdom and practical help as well.

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Favorite Posts

Verbs of the Proverbs 31 Woman Prisoner of Hope While Waiting Quieting Your Heart Tender Mercies 7 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self Learning About Grief What We Can Do When Grief Is Compounded Who Does God Want? Living to Tell About It A Spring Poem: Morning Symphony Enduring Secret Pain Love That Propels Prayer Transforms—Prayer Changes Me Winter's Beauty

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