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![Living A Life of Love… [the Believer’s Calling]](https://rachelwrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/6D2928BE-8440-4758-B829-B24B1683970D.png)
A Fallen, Wounding World God didn’t call us to a life of wounding, friends. He called us to live a life of LOVE. But because of our human-ness, we’re born into a world inherently wounding. And sadly, as creatures of a fallen, imperfect world, we inflict our own wounding behaviors on those around us. “With…
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I had no idea what to expect when I walked into an early screening of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever🌟 last Saturday. Since I hadn’t read the book or seen the stage production, I guess I expected something of a Junie B. Jones, elementary reader nature. But instead, I encountered a wondrous story of God’s…
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Joyful people see with open eyes the hard reality of human existence and at the same time are not imprisoned by it.” – Henri Nouwen Radiating hope ✨ and Shining God’s love in a weary, not-so-perfect world is what the manger message is all about, friends. God’s love for us does not change like the…
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…