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Finish Strong Day-By-Day

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Joy

The start of your life journey doesn’t define you, and it will forever remain behind you. Our “finish” has yet to be written. Finishing strong begins with one good, God-centric next step. Start here: What do you want your “finish” to look like? Continue reading →

Fun, Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories, Sisterhood | Tagged Believe, bills, Boston Strong, boxing, Community, Dark, Desire, Despair, diet, Failure, Family, Finish Strong, God, Guilt, Hurt, Jesus, marathon, Money, nourish, Relationship, Shame, Soul, strong, Struggle, Vegas Strong, what others think, Work
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The Last Mile of Life

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Joy

Everyone faces life and death crossroads. And everyone’s experiences differ. This year in particular has impacted many of us as we or a loved one walk the last mile of life. Today my emotions remain raw while this season of incredible loss for me and my family wears on. I don’t have facts and figures to try to make sense of it all. Instead, I’d like to share a few thoughts from my heart. Continue reading →

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged advocate, afterlife, assurance, Comfort, Death, die, glory, Heaven, Hope, hospice, Jesus, kindness, Loss, Love, Mourn, Peace, Pray, stand, Struggle, suffering
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Life in the Rearview Mirror

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Joy

There’s nothing normal as we head toward the end of 2020. We long for “normal.” We want things to go back to the way they were in February 2020, or October 2019, because no matter how hard things were then, at least we understood our known normal. Continue reading →

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged forward, Hope, Hopeless, Isolation, Jesus, Journey, mirror, normal, Perspective, Promise, road, Struggle, Tomorrow, Unknown
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A Message for Weary Souls

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Joy

As this over-the-top-difficult year wears on and hopes for a summer reprieve or a maskless fall fade, my mind can struggle to muster up positivity. I’ve heard I’m not alone. Apparently many of us wrestle with the lack of normalcy, inability to plan a way forward, and uncertainty of how long “this” will last. Continue reading →

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged above all, core, Courage, Covid-19, exhaustion, guard, health, Heart, Hope, life-giving, mind, normal, pandemic, plan, Pray, Soul, soul care, spiritual practices, Struggle, Weary
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The Week After Easter

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Joy

The Easter message––that Jesus came to set us free and give us new life––does not change. Even in the confines of a pandemic. No one could have foreseen the magnitude of coronavirus strife. Except Jesus. Jesus knew that days like these were coming. Continue reading →

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged bad news, Celebrate, Covid-19, Cross, Easter, Fear, Freedom, God, Good News, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, New Life, Pain, pandemic, Resurrection, Sorrow, Struggle, uncertainty
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What CAN I do?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Joy

We experience seasons of illness and injury that engulf us like a suffocating suffering. We want to hope for complete healing. What CAN I do? I’ve pondered the depth of this question. Continue reading →

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged beauty, Depression, doubt, emotional, Fear, Fight, Frustration, Grief, Happy, Hope, I Can, Illness, Injury, meditate, Mourn, Pain, Perseverance, Power, Pray, relational, renew, Run The Race, Running, Soar, spiritual, Strength, Struggle, suffering, suffocate, uncertainty, vocational, walk and not be faint, Weary, wings like eagles, You Can
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Friends Who Break Wind

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Joy

We will all face obstacles we can’t overcome alone. So let’s run the race of life together and strengthen each other. Continue reading →

Fun, Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories, Sisterhood | Tagged Help, Hope, Love, Overcome, Real Life, Rise Above, Run The Race, Running, Sisterhood, Strength, Struggle
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Friends Who Break Wind

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Joy

We all face obstacles we can’t overcome alone. We’re always stronger running the race of life with others than trying to persevere on our own. Continue reading →

Unexpected | Tagged Help, Overcome, Rise Above, Run The Race, Running, Sisterhood, Strength, Struggle
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A Majority That Always Wins

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Joy

It can be disappointing and stressful when we’re in the minority. That’s when we need to join God. 1 + God is always a majority. And that majority always wins. Continue reading →

Unexpected | Tagged Elijah, God, God's Power, Overcome, Power of Prayer, Prayer, Real Life, Rise Above, Sisterhood, Struggle
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Living in the Middle–Addiction Shadows

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Joy

Have you ever known someone struggling with addiction? My experience is that they often laugh it off or minimize its affect on them. Even our society doesn’t seem to think some addictions are all that serious. Workaholic? At least they’re

Unexpected | Tagged Addiction, God's Love, Healing, Help, Jesus Save Me, Loneliness, Real Life, Rise Above, Shadows, Sisterhood, Storms Of Life, Struggle
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A Majority That Always Wins

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Joy

What’s a situation you faced when you felt completely outnumbered? Most of us have never been on a battlefield when enemy forces dwarfed our own, but we can still feel like the odds are against us. Maybe it’s a sports

Growth, Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged Elijah, God, God's Power, Overcome, Power of Prayer, Prayer, Real Life, Rise Above, Sisterhood, Struggle
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Living in the Middle–Addiction Shadows

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Joy

Hope & Healing, Real Life Stories | Tagged Addiction, God's Love, Healing, Help, Jesus Save Me, Loneliness, Real Life, Rise Above, Shadows, Sisterhood, Storms Of Life, Struggle
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