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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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Broken | Depression | Devotional

Not Broken . . . A Masterpiece
ByKatherine Wisniewski September 27, 2024January 9, 2025

It was at this point of brokenness I began seeking God. And as I sought the Lord and dug into my bible, I realized I’d been believing a lie. Everyone is lovable. God created us in His own image and likeness. God loves us simply because we are His. In fact, God loves us so much He sent Jesus to save us even when we were still sinners. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8, ESV)

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Children | Devotional | Joy | Simplify Life | Wisdom

Gaining Joy and Wisdom from Children
ByKatherine Wisniewski September 20, 2024January 9, 2025

People say, “The older you get the wiser you are.” But I believe we might actually have this backwards. What if I said, the older you get the more foolish you are?

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Devotional | Following God

Follow God, Not Your Heart
ByKatherine Wisniewski September 13, 2024January 9, 2025

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) People often advise us to follow our hearts if we want to be happy in life. Following your heart is an idiom, meaning…

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Beauty | Devotional | Identity in Christ

You are Beautiful
ByKatherine Wisniewski September 6, 2024April 27, 2025

Do you think you are beautiful? I don’t know about you, but this question actually makes me cringe. Because, no, I definitely do not think I am beautiful. And I am not alone. A Dove survey found only 2% of women aged 18-64 considered themselves beautiful and 96% wouldn’t use the word “beautiful” when describing themselves.

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Devotional | Faith | Parenting

Parenting With Faith When You Feel Like Giving Up
ByKatherine Wisniewski August 30, 2024April 10, 2025

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (ESV) Have you ever felt like giving up when parenting feels too hard? I have. I raised…

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Devotional | Joy

Time to Seek Joy
ByKatherine Wisniewski August 23, 2024June 11, 2025

Have you ever said, “I will be happy when …”? When I can drive, when I graduate, when I establish my career, when I find the perfect partner, when I buy a home, when I have a child . . . Many people feel saying this is just an expression of a dream or goal. And goals are imperative in life. But thinking in these terms is more of a negative mindset. We are basically saying we aren’t happy now and won’t be until we achieve something. The problem is, once the goal is achieved, it doesn’t satisfy. Then, we immediately set a new one, “Well, maybe I will be happy when …”

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Devotional | Prayer

Always Pray No Matter What
ByKatherine Wisniewski August 16, 2024June 27, 2025

“Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV) I am a classic overthinker, particularly when faced with challenging situations. I lie…

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Devotional | God's Love

Embrace the Truth: God Delights in You
ByKatherine Wisniewski August 9, 2024October 9, 2025

Do you believe God delights in you?

I know I didn’t. In fact I was pretty sure God saw me as a huge disappointment.

But nothing could be farther from the truth, God’s truth that is. Therefore, we must remember, our feelings, or even our actions, do not determine our worth. God delights in us simply because we are His.

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