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![“LOVE Makes You Do Crazy Things…” [Really!?]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/41E420DD-46A5-4490-950A-69EC10C017ED.png)
Love can’t make us to do crazy things as suggested by Will Smith last night during his acceptance speech at the Academy Awards. Crazy good things, maybe!? But God is LOVE and love endures all things. Perhaps the wisest words of the night [regarding the incident] came from Denzel Washington. “In your highest moments, be…
![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…
![When All You Can Do Is Pray… [#PrayforUkraine]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/3392C836-AD3E-4057-9A18-B402AF5C81B8-scaled.jpeg)
Thursday of this past week just felt so heavy… and hard. I had been praying for the Ukraine for several weeks. Specifically, for the team of #StormyGirl’s favorite luxury pajama makers. In her former role, she worked closely with this team to develop an exclusive piece for her employer. When I learned these ridiculously beautiful…
![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 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…
![Godly Mamas and Good Water… [one year later]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CAE93EFB-3332-4651-9FD9-F2F5993AFF1E-1024x1024-1.jpeg)
It was the Clifford women who gathered early that second morning to sing as we waited the arrival of others. Her favorite hymn was Rock of Ages. Mama knew (and sang) every word of each stanza. She likely played it on the piano thousands of times over her lifetime. “While I draw this fleeting breath,…
![How to LOVE others… [a #TLCjourney]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/92966B60-6ED6-4E8B-A776-D439BDC53C5F-edited-scaled-1.jpeg)
The Love Challenge is a strategy for tackling the greatest challenge ever set before us—loving one another! If the world is our mission field as Christ followers, then the Love Challenge is our field guide; prompting us to be ‘so full’ of God’s love. But the world isn’t only a mission field, it is a…
Every Feb. 14th, the calendar accentuates the world’s desire (and need) to be known and loved. But what if we as Believers could be the world’s Valentine? Sounds simple enough, right!? But it isn’t. Enter #theLoveChallenge… Our words and deeds carefully sifted through the fullness of God, sow seeds of God’s mercy, kindness, and LOVE….
![Taking a Giant Step Towards Holiness [because…]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/3A2D336E-5FC3-4CCD-9B09-0F20E97E0331.jpeg)
And we all could use a dose of holiness right about now… I don’t know about you, but I am far from perfect when it comes to loving others well. I often struggle the most in the small, daily annoyances of humanity. Last week, I readily shared this character flaw with hubby. And in his…