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My Will Versus God’s Will - Blessed Is She

My Will Versus God’s Will

The more I called them, the farther they went from me. Yet it was I . . . who took them in my arms; I drew them . . ....
July 07, 2022
Learning to Follow - Blessed Is She

Learning to Follow

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him . . . “What concern is it of yours? You follow me.” // John...
June 04, 2022
Press In - Blessed Is She

Press In

“I am going away and I will come back to you.” // John 14:28 Lord, where are You? I whispered desolately into the darkness. I knew objectively that the Lord...
May 17, 2022
You Don't Need to Understand - Blessed Is She

You Don't Need to Understand

“What I am doing, you do not understand now.” // John 13:7 For so long, I grappled with my season of life. It was a painful season, a seemingly barren...
April 14, 2022
Our Dignity Given by Him - Blessed Is She

Our Dignity Given by Him

But if the wicked, turning from the wickedness he has committed, does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life; since he has turned away from all the...
March 11, 2022
A Deeper Kind of Healing - Blessed Is She

A Deeper Kind of Healing

Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the Church, and they should pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord....
February 26, 2022
Hey, Jealousy - Blessed Is She

Hey, Jealousy

Saul was very angry and resentful of the song, for he thought: “They give David ten thousands, but only thousands to me." . . . From that day on, Saul...
January 20, 2022
Wanting Too Little - Blessed Is She

Wanting Too Little

"Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste . . . where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth." // Luke 1:39-40...
December 21, 2021
Waking Up to Freedom - Blessed Is She

Waking Up to Freedom

My eyelids drooped as I scrolled well past bedtime, when suddenly I caught my reflection in the dresser mirror—face sallow in the harsh glow of my phone. I half laughed,...
November 27, 2021
The Value of an Eternal Soul - Blessed Is She

The Value of an Eternal Soul

My stomach tightened into a hard, sick knot as the news flashed across the screen. Another tragedy of incomprehensible evil. More precious lives lost. Hundreds of souls caught unaware. A...
October 23, 2021
Victorious Suffering - Blessed Is She

Victorious Suffering

I opened the fridge and sighed heavily. I had to eat, but the prospect brought me zero joy. I pushed aside the tantalizing items I’d gotten the rest of the...
September 14, 2021
A Cheerful Giver . . . Always? - Blessed Is She

A Cheerful Giver . . . Always?

I pulled up the calendar to check the kids’ after-school schedule, subconsciously praying, “Please, Jesus, no hockey today . . . or at least let it be at the close...
August 10, 2021