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![I Am From poem… [Finding Hope and Healing]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/0191D615-E662-4543-AB5D-8533679CD733.jpeg)
I am from Gospel sounds. From Sunday dinners made from scratch. I am from parents who tried as best they could, but also lost their way. I am from magnolias tall whose beckoning branches encouraged me skywards—always. I am from hand-me-down dresses and scrapbooks full of girlhood achievements. From Jack and from Nellie. From as…
![Black History Month… [Celebrating People of Color]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9607F7A0-E9BA-4CE5-987A-B5330CD246BF.png)
When celebrating Black History month, I couldn’t help but think “some of history’s BEST examples of accepting the challenge to love a broken, unlovable world are People of Color.” Hands down, the life story and mission of John M. Perkins is the best, fully-human example of loving the unlovable I’ve ever encountered. Rather than hating…
![Random Acts of Kindness… [today and everyday]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4FBFC7F5-6C8E-4717-9740-C9513401BBFF.png)
The most random acts of kindness we can commit is to answer unkind words and deeds with extraordinary grace. True kindness is Spirit-produced and matters most when it is the least expected [or warranted]. The key to Spirit-filled kindness begins with the idea all of us are undeserving in light of the cross. Jesus didn’t…
![How to Love in Challenging Times… [a true story]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3CE4BA17-E174-4B1D-AC16-D66F04BE9E20.jpeg)
“It’s a bad day for beautiful trees.” I said to the foreman as we stood there assessing the damage. The cuts already made… and the damage done. Alas, there was no turning back. What once was a tree that brought me immense joy in a season of hard was now mangled beyond repair. And would…
All of us will be called to accept the challenge to love a broken, unlovable world in 2022. What will your answer be? “Not only to be so full of God’s love for all the world to see, but to SHINE so bright.” This is my quest, join me? Nearing the end of the ice…
I try to live by two mottos. 1️⃣ Assume the best of people. Even when proven wrong, be cautiously optimistic! All of us are fighting hard battles this side of heaven at one time or another. 2️⃣ Never withhold a compliment. No matter who the recipient may be!? The world has enough criticism and harsh-ness….
![How to LOVE the Unlovable… [and #AcceptTheLoveChallenge]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image.png)
LOVING the unlovable is never easy, my friend!? But God calls us to do just that… We are called to love as God does with extraordinary grace and unfathomable love. The kind of immeasurable love Jesus displayed on the cross. And the kind of love God unfurled when He sent his son to die—for sinners…
To BELIEVE is to accept Truth; to feel certain that God is who He says He is—today, tomorrow, and forever! We can all be encouraged as we experience God moving and working in our lives. Matter of fact, it is through this evidence of God working in the midst of uncertainty in my life, time-and-time…
![[How to Avoid] Being a Karen…](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/89CC6F18-1AC8-4F99-BAF6-279E2B531F63.jpeg)
We’ve all been there right!? At one time or another in our lives, we created [or contributed to] a nasty scene of sorts. Therefore, creating a messy testimonial of our love for a loving Savior. My inner Karen is most often irritated by the indignity or injustice of a situation. So much so, I have…