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Posted on June 10, 2020April 27, 2020 Bethany's Guest Posts Faith

Why Did You Bring Me Here, God?

I remember the excitement when the phone call came. “We just have to finalize it, but you can schedule that moving truck,” the Midwestern man’s... Read more

Posted on October 29, 2019September 25, 2019 Faith Growing in Christ

What Does God’s Will Include?

One summer, I got food poisoning that set my body off-kilter for months. Crashing on the couch after just an hour of work made me... Read more

Posted on September 25, 2019August 28, 2019 Bethany's Guest Posts Faith

My Simple Best

More than a writer, I’m a thinker. My brain is constantly active- digging, absorbing, sorting, putting together, observing, etc. Etc. As a thinker, I like... Read more

Posted on September 9, 2019August 28, 2019 Faith Growing in Christ

My Shrug, God’s Shrub

There’s this shrub in our yard. When we moved in, it was bare like everything else. I couldn’t figure out what it was, or what... Read more

Posted on August 20, 2019August 16, 2019 Faith

Why I Don’t Want to Be Full

“What are we arguing about again?” my husband asked. After some discussion, we came to the conclusion. We were arguing because I was bored. Being... Read more

Posted on July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Faith

The Who, Why, and What of “God Works Everything for Good”

Before I knew Christ as my Savior, I was familiar with the phrase “everything will work out for good.” The more familiar I became with... Read more

Posted on July 3, 2019June 18, 2019 Bethany's Guest Posts Faith

God Erases Our Regrets

I’m a know-needer. It’s not that I think I know it all, but that I want to know it all. The “what-ifs” of life are... Read more

Posted on June 25, 2019June 21, 2019 Life of Faith

A Sneaky Strategy of Sin

One of the strategies of sin is to wear us down. My husband recently said that to me, and oh did it resonate. Often, we... Read more

Posted on June 11, 2019May 22, 2019 Faith

Grow in Grace

As a new mom, a friend of mine regularly reported sleeplessness. Sipping hot drinks while her infant alternated between fussing and sleeping, she told me... Read more

Posted on May 28, 2019May 10, 2019 Faith

Thinking on What We Already Have

Anyone else wake up thinking through their to-do list? Or zone out mid-conversation because someone said something that reminded you of another item to add... Read more

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