Beyond the Blessing

What is the Importance of Patience in the Difficult Healing Process?

September 16, 2022

Learning patience is hard. Praying for patience is one of the few areas we shy away from in our prayer life. Patience in general is difficult, but I have found patience in healing to be especially challenging. “Ouch!” I shrieked as I ...

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Considering the Speck in me Despite how I have been Hurt

September 9, 2022

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3. If you are anything like me, you know this verse well. It is tucked in near the end of the Sermon on the Mount. This ...

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Is Self Awareness Really Worth my Time and Effort?

September 2, 2022

The house is on fire. It’s nighttime, and I wake up at the smell of smoke. The children are home, but my husband is not. What should I do? Locate the fire; it’s in the kitchen. Assess the situation; the fire is too big to put out on my own. Now ...

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Can Struggle Actually be God’s Helpful Presence at Work in our Lives?

August 25, 2022

One of the hardest things for me to do as a parent is to watch my children struggle. I know a level of struggle is necessary to help them grow, but how much is the right amount of struggle? The problem is there is no formula to know just how ...

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Does Personal Growth have a place in God’s plan for our Lives?

August 19, 2022

As a parent I have the privilege of helping my kids grow and learn. I aided both of them in learning to walk and watched as they took that skill and discovered how to run. They continued to grow and develop, learning the limits of their bodies ...

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Have you ever felt Really Frustrated while Waiting on God?

August 12, 2022

Sixteen hours in a van is a long time for a young child waiting to arrive at an exciting destination. Growing up, we used to make the long trek to visit my grandfather’s farmhouse in rural Maine. My dad would load my two siblings and me into the ...

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