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  • Dear Enduring One – Woman Facing Illness

    Dear Enduring One – Woman Facing Illness

    Dear Enduring One, I see you there with your hair pulled into a ponytail and some makeup splashed on your face to hide your pale cheeks. I see your dry, chapped hands rubbed raw from clenching them often. I can see the worry in your eyes because I’ve seen that look in my own mirror.…

  • Dear Working Mom

    Dear Working Mom

    Dear Working Mom, You wake up each morning weary, tired not sure how you are going to get through another day. You anxiously reach for that cup of hot vanilla flavored coffee anticipating the caffeine rush.  You struggle to get the kids and yourself out the door feeling a bit overwhelmed as to what awaits…

  • Dear Woman with Pain and Regret

    Dear Woman with Pain and Regret

    Dear Woman with pain and regret, I see you. And I know you. I watch you walk in, and smear a smile on your face, convincing your troubled heart everything’s fine for now. How you’ve put on just the right outfit, wrapped that trendy scarf around your neck, and sauntered in, praying no one will…

  • Dear Fearful One

    Dear Fearful One

    Dear Fearful One, Each day you desperately try holding everything together. Through the to-do list and life’s routines it can sometimes be easy to distract yourself from those haunting thoughts that are always just at the surface of your mind. You feel the tension throughout your whole being. Out in public you smile all while…

  • Dear Working Woman

    Dear Working Woman

    Dear Working Woman, You are a beautiful example of diligence, dedication and hard work. Although many times you feel as though you are just going through the motions of your tedious routine, you are in fact persevering under the pressure and being shaped into a woman of great strength. You rise each day giving yourself…

  • Dear Griever

    Dear Griever

    Dearest Griever, I want to challenge you to set a glass in the middle of your kitchen table and pray over that glass every morning. Listen for God’s whisper when He shares with you the name of someone who needs YOU. Reach out to that person and pour into them, you never know who needs…