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Books and words can be a healing balm to the soul. They can bring our minds to places of peace and joy. They can help us to love and know which way to go. Below is a compilation of possible feelings and situations and their matching book. 🙂 These are my favorites...so far! If you're feeling a bit...

Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” (NIV) “Here’s what I’ve learned through it all:  Don’t give up; don’t be impatient;  be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting — for he will never disappoint...

I need all the help I can get to remind myself to breathe deeply and take things slowly. My thoughts seem perpetually entangled with the things to come and in a mad rush to prepare in all the ways I can. So, when it comes to quieting my mind — even just a tiny little bit — any resources are a...

“Stand at the crossroads and look;  ask for the ancient paths,  ask where the good way it, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” —Jeremiah 6:16 Imagine you’ve been walking down a wide dusty path for a while now. Trees line the sloping sides of the areas beside you. But the path...

    Imagine you are Jonah. You clearly hear God’s instructions to you, but you refuse. Instead, you attempt to run away from Him. As far as you can go…the ocean seems like a good choice. And you begin to think you are in the clear, that God has moved on. So you fall asleep inside the ship, pleased...

  As you sit or stand and hold this technological device in your hands or before your eyes, do a body scan. Start at your toes, wiggle them. Move to your ankles, circle them one way and then another. Embrace the crackling, the release of air. Imagine that as tension leaving your body. Now think...

Imagine you are the wild, desperate woman who anointed Jesus with perfume and tears (Luke 7:37-50). All your life you have been known for being promiscuous. To you, your way of life was simply survival — moving from one man to the next in order to have a roof over your head and food at your table....

     There is something special about today. There’s a newness. A fresh sparkle. A brightness. Why? Simply due to the fact that God made today and it is good. Despite the chaos in the world, there’s still this day, this moment to connect with God, to connect with yourself. Breathe in slowly,...

You enter a ballroom wearing a pale pink and shimmery gold gown. Your hair is neatly braided and weaved with ribbon.  The host announces your name and you pad slowly down the stairs. You are wearing ballet slippers and can feel the cold stone beneath your feet. Your pearly gloved hand rests...