The Best Kind of Friend… [and God’s Purpose in Suffering.]
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The Best Kind of Friend… [and God’s Purpose in Suffering.]

The best kind of friend is a praying friend. It’s no secret 2024 has been a hard year for the Rains’ household. Little by little, I’ve pulled back the curtains in this season of life and let friends in…  I might’ve overshared a time or two. But the reality is when we share our “stuff,”…

Being Equipped and Finding DELIGHT… [in the journey].
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Being Equipped and Finding DELIGHT… [in the journey].

I’ve been working long days on a passion project with a hard deadline… So, one day last week when I skipped my usual, extended-play version of Bible study due to time constraints, I felt comfortable with the shortened edition. Because my heart longed, instead, to be in the Word. Truthfully, I’ve grown to LOVE this…

{A Christian Woman’s Perspective} What’s So Wrong w/Fifty Shades of Grey, Anyway!?

{A Christian Woman’s Perspective} What’s So Wrong w/Fifty Shades of Grey, Anyway!?

What’s so wrong with 50 Shades of Grey, anyway!? The question may seem obvious to some but due to the movie release the debate has surprisingly resurfaced… And amongst Christian women!? Above ALL else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.   {Prov. 4:23} If you are a CHRISTIAN woman, I implore…

Twenty-Nine Questions
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Twenty-Nine Questions

  Is it… messy? Yes! ugly? Yes! uncomfortable to talk about? Yes! a real problem growing at an increasingly, alarming rate? Yes! destroying lives? Yes! becoming normalized and trivialized in our society? Yes! stealing our children’s innocence? Yes! ‘taboo’ to talk about? Yes! easy to be judgmental of those afflicted? Yes! hurting our marriages? Yes!…