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Rest For The Soul: A Self-Care Challenge
ByKatherine Wisniewski November 27, 2024January 9, 2025

Women in today’s culture wear many hats. We cook, clean, and care for the family’s needs, all while balancing a career, ministry, or volunteer work. Some say women are genetically predisposed to caregiving. Others would say it’s because we are socialized from the time we are born. But regardless of why this is the case, women are under a lot of stress. In fact, we should wear a cape instead of our many hats. It’s no wonder self-care has become such a hot topic in today’s culture.

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Devotional | Stress / Anxiety /Worry / Overthinking

Dear God, I’m Stressed Again . . .
ByKatherine Wisniewski November 20, 2024March 24, 2026

I woke up from a bad dream feeling stressed, yet again. In my mind were all the things I’d done wrong and all the things I needed to do. I cried out to God for help, Yet that anxious feeling remained as I dragged myself out of bed.

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Blog | Change | Feelings / Emotions | God's Word and Truth | Prayer | Trust | Wisdom

Change is Hard But Beautiful
ByKatherine Wisniewski November 13, 2024January 9, 2025

People say we won’t change unless the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of changing. But why is it people hate change so much? Change is inevitable. Circumstances, finances, homes, jobs, people, relationships, and seasons all change. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NIV) However, there is one thing we can rely on that does not change: God and His love.” For I the Lord do not change.” (Malachi 3:6, ESV) “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end” (Lamentations 3:22, ESV)

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Devotional | Feelings / Emotions | Following God | God's Grace & Forgiveness | Gratitude | Praise / Worship | Surrender | Trust

Trust Is Letting Go
ByKatherine Wisniewski November 7, 2024March 23, 2026

I am unfortunately prone to a pattern of giving my problems to God, then immediately picking them back up and refusing to let them go. Over the years I have e learned that God doesn’t always answer my prayers when and how I ask, I’ve also seen how He always shows up and acts on my behalf. In fact, when I look back on my life I see countless times where He has worked His good plans even out of seemingly bad situations. Yet, my obsessive need to find a solution on my own persists. Instead, I need to trust God. Trust is letting go.

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Blog | Direction | Distorted View of God | God's Grace & Forgiveness | God's Light | God's Love | Purpose | Salvation

God’s Light Illuminates Our Darkness
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 28, 2024January 9, 2025

Have you ever run away from God? I have. When I became a Christian I kept hearing about how I was supposed to behave. But because of my rocky childhood, I was a survivor. My coping mechanisms were keeping busy ,being perfectionistic with myself and others, and being angry when I and others couldn’t live up to my impossible expectations. But even worse, I saw God as a judgmental parent who rejected me because I wasn’t good enough.

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Devotional | Feelings / Emotions | God's Plan / Will | Life's Struggles

When It Feels Like Life Is Falling to Pieces
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 25, 2024January 9, 2025

“Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.” (Psalm 62:8, NIV) Have you ever felt like everything in your life was falling to pieces? After spending a lifetime building…

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Devotional | Following God

Seek God Even on the Good Days
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 18, 2024January 9, 2025

When life is tough, we find ourselves on our knees. We seek help and reassurance in prayer. But what if I said, it was more important to seek God even on the good days? This is because you cannot pour from an empty cup. And God alone fills our cup.

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Blog | God's Goodness | God's Plan / Will | Gratitude | Hope | Life's Struggles

Four Steps To Find Faith That God is Good Even When Life Isn’t
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 14, 2024June 1, 2025

I’ll be honest, this has been a tough week. I have had another relapse of an infection I have been fighting for close to 3 months. My husband can’t hear out of one ear due to a previous illness. And the doctors just don’t seem to have answers for either one of us. Then yesterday, a close friend was in a motorcycle accident and is now fighting for his life. But despite the storms raging all around us, I still have faith that God is good, even when life feels gloomy.

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Comfort | Devotional | God's Love | Grief | Life's Struggles

When Your Heart is Breaking
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 11, 2024January 9, 2025

What do you do when your heart is breaking and you can’t understand? Yesterday, a close friend passed away. He’d been in a motorcycle accident and had massive internal bleeding and injuries. But despite the best efforts of the ICU doctors, and being surrounded by praying friends and family for four days, his body was too tired to fight any longer. When he passed I could barely breathe. I felt as if I had nothing left inside me.

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Devotional | Gratitude | Life's Struggles

Life is a Roller Coaster
ByKatherine Wisniewski October 4, 2024January 9, 2025

My grandmother always used to say, “Life is like a rollercoaster.” Now that I am older, I can definitely see her wisdom in this simple statement. Life is awesome, Then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between it’s an ordinary accustomed routine. So how do we find peace in the middle of all the turmoil?

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