Author: WhitneyD

Love the Loveless… A Call to Action

  His empty eyes caught my attention the second I stepped foot onto the school bus. As we rode to our field trip destination, it would have appeared that I was the one misplaced in that giggly and energetic world of third graders. But I could tell that he was

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Seeing Through the Eyes of Mercy

These days I’m in a beautifully refining stage of parenting. My kids are getting older, and daily life lessons are shifting beyond the playground. We’re navigating culture together, resulting in the development of deeper Biblical world views. The questioning “whys” are no longer surface pleas of an impatient three year

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To the Girl Who is Running from God

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in

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Doing Right in a Tempting World…

“[The book of] Ruth is a portrait of beautiful, noble manhood and womanhood. In a day when movies and television and advertising and the Internet portray masculinity and femininity in the lowest ways, we are in great need of stories that elevate the magnificent meaning of manhood and womanhood. Ruth and Boaz

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The Sovereign God Who Goes Before Us

“So she set out and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelich.” – Ruth 2:3 If you came into this study expecting only a love story, you know by

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The Depth of Loyal Love…

I am currently living in the land of teenagers, and within that privileged territory, I get to engage in some lively conversation around the dinner table each night. Shallow topics can range anywhere from food (and the fact that they’re always hungry!) to the latest shoe trends, but hang in

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The Pursuit of Success and What Really Defines Me

 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5 I’m usually pretty content with my life.  That is, until I see that skinny girl on the

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To The Girl Who Thinks God Won’t Forgive You

To the girl who thinks God won’t forgive you, I see you, the one sick with regret. You can’t take back the words that have damaged relationships to a point that seems beyond repair. I see you, the one feeling weak and defeated. That same sin you keep vowing to

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We Can Deceive Ourselves

Several years ago I found a refrigerator item that had been misplaced to the kitchen pantry. I actually found it quite funny and began to question my four little ones. “Ok guys, who put the milk in the pantry?” Each of them got quiet and began nervously looking to their

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Gospel-Focused Prayer

Every night I hear a spunky little girl pray her guts out, and every night without fail she ends her conversation with God with the same passionate request. “God, and please let everyone in the whole world love and worship You.” You guys, that line gets me every time. Why?

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