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Don’t Worry, Things Have Always Been Terrible

Don’t Worry, Things Have Always Been Terrible

I hear that when you meet as a church there are divisions among you.  // 1 Corinthians 11:17 Let’s talk about what I like to call the “good old days...
September 15, 2024
An Invitation To Transformation

An Invitation To Transformation

Philip said to him, "Come and see." // John 1:46 A good friend of mine has a pretty amazing conversion story. He was living a completely secular life among the...
August 23, 2024
It’s A Rather Thorny Issue I Keep Having - Blessed Is She

It’s A Rather Thorny Issue I Keep Having

“Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong.” // 2 Corinthians 12:10 The benefits of frequent...
July 06, 2024
Peace and Happiness, the Counterintuitive Way - Blessed Is She

Peace and Happiness, the Counterintuitive Way

“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father.” // Matthew 5:44-45 For Christmas last year...
June 17, 2024
It’s Easter, Now What? - Blessed Is She

It’s Easter, Now What?

Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.          Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!  // Victimae paschali laudes (optional Easter sequence) Happy Easter! He is Risen!  But...
March 31, 2024
Is Abortion an Unforgivable Sin? - Blessed Is She

Is Abortion an Unforgivable Sin?

“But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” // Mark 3:29 Jesus comes out swinging in today’s Gospel reading, which happens to...
January 21, 2024
Sharing His Very Self (and His Phone Number) - Blessed Is She

Sharing His Very Self (and His Phone Number)

With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our very selves as well. // 1 Thessalonians 2:8 There I was,...
November 04, 2023
How To Be A True Daughter of God - Blessed Is She

How To Be A True Daughter of God

Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it. // Luke 11:28 I wrote my first devotion for Blessed is She on September 5, 2014, in the first...
October 13, 2023
Jesus Just Totally Dissed His Mom - Blessed Is She

Jesus Just Totally Dissed His Mom

He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you." He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers  are those who hear the...
September 25, 2023
God Makes All Things Beautiful For Her - Blessed Is She

God Makes All Things Beautiful For Her

“[F]or he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed.” // Luke 1:48 Recently, I was sharing with a friend about...
August 14, 2023
The Back Side of the Tapestry - Blessed Is She

The Back Side of the Tapestry

“But now do not be distressed, and do not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here...
July 12, 2023
How to Make A Hard Saying Easier - Blessed Is She

How to Make A Hard Saying Easier

Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.  Whoever eats my...
June 10, 2023