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![Divine Appointments… [Godwinks, Coincidences, and Heavenly Happenstance]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/5AB458DF-7091-42F2-BD93-8C3E7E4032C0-scaled-1.jpeg)
Without my prior knowledge and on more than one occasion, God has recently filled my calendar with divine appointments. Equal parts coming alongside others as they journey, but also being “loved on” in ways my tender heart needed. When visiting Nash-town last week, each family member had their “must-do” list of places to visit and things…
![Over My Head… [Hope and Prayer for Heavenly Justice]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/989549A1-53D5-4FA0-A1EE-7C9F1B6D2A76-1024x1013-1.jpeg)
Yesterday, someone in my feed asked the question “What moment over the past year stands out for you?” She was referring to George Floyd, of course. One such moment was the words of @esaumccaulley when He said “LOVE is sufficient to gather all the divided peoples of the world, people like George Floyd. There is…
![Returning Home… [and gift(s) from the sea]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CBE06D9E-B7C8-4F4D-826F-25E68F9EBF89-1024x1024-1.jpeg)
Recently, I spent a glorious three days with the fam on the beaches of Alabama. And although we weren’t able to make it all the way to our beloved 30-A, just being in Alabama and Mississippi rendered a strange sense of being back home!? Although, we’ve never lived in those places… Even stranger, as we…
![Being Equipped and Finding DELIGHT… [in the journey].](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/3F96D7C6-E8A8-492A-9E3E-37451C9640FB-1019x1024-1.jpeg)
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 Trusted Friend… [in a time of need and grief]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E7A52A7C-6019-4BBA-B2C2-38A427304C1A-915x1024-1.jpeg)
One year ago, I made a new friend. But not the kind you’d expect, I met my new Target store. I sat in this Target shopping center while my mama braved a calcium drip at twice the speed. (Although, I told her not to do it.) We were becoming regulars at dropping her off at…
![How to Walk in LOVE in Hurt or Trauma… [learning to love those who’ve hurt us.]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/762FCE60-F649-4CCA-938D-0B959142E838-1021x1024-1.jpeg)
Acknowledge the Reality of Hurt. The reality is we live in a fallen, imperfect world full of messy, broken people and it’s only a matter of time before we are hurt by someone or we inflict pain on another. We are even told in God’s Word that we are to expect trouble in this world….