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This post is by Patty Lewis. 

 Psalm 139:23-24

23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

Something is wrong in my heart.

I know this because I do not feel right with the Lord and right with my husband. This has been the nagging feeling lately amidst the joy of the holiday season and the fun we have had. There has also been some arguing and uncomfortable times. This com...

This post is by Shaina Weisgerber. 

I love getting coffee with my best friend. We usually get together once a week or at least every couple of weeks. Whether we get together at our local coffee shop or at one of our houses, we sit, we visit, listen to each other’s life updates and just enjoy each other’s company. We always leave feeling encouraged and our hearts uplifted. 

Lauren and I lived twelve hours apart for more than ten years. During those years our coffee dates were few and far betwee...

This post is by Jen Shultz.

I grew up attending the only Catholic church in a very small town that happens to be located right smack in the Bible Belt. My humble church home had approximately twenty families, priests that rotated from larger parishes in larger towns, and folding chairs. My first glimpse of what most people thought of when I said I went to Mass happened at a wedding and then again at a funeral when I was very young. Interestingly enough, in those beautiful churches with their st...

This post is by Patty Lewis.

As I grow older in years and in my relationship with the Lord, I have discovered I can enjoy the freedom He has given me in some creative and simple ways.  There are nice rules, guidelines and suggestions the church and other believers have laid out for me.  I have tried a lot of them.  They can be helpful, and they can also be cumbersome.  What seems to work best is when I lean into how He has made me, my gifts and my passions while adhering to His Word.  Also, rem...

This post is by Jen Stanbro.

It fairly breaks my heart when I hear someone say, “God didn’t answer my prayer.” 

It makes me feel as though God is a parent who gives His beloved the silent treatment in response to our cries to Him. It suggests that He’s a God who’s not intimately involved in the big and small matters of our lives. That doesn’t sound anything like the God I know. 

My God’s Word says things like, “On the day I called you, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased,”(P...

This post is by Joanne Wu.

If there’s one thing this ongoing pandemic has reminded me of, it is that truly, my life is “a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” (James 4:14 ESV)

More than once a day, I find myself asking a mix of all the following questions. What is the point of everything? What is the point of working overtime to feed my family, if I can’t spend actual time with my family?  What is the point of having a family if I want to be at work so I can avoid being around...

This post is by Jen Shultz.

I don’t know about you, but the last few years have left me feeling like I had very little power over the course my life has taken. 

If you have been a fan of the Hello Mornings’ Blog, you may remember me discussing a cancer journey, trying to live and love through a pandemic and major social issues, and the fact that even before all of that chaos I was chronically ill. Each time I feel like I am making actual strides toward better health or a more organized hous...

This post is by Sarah Johnson.

...And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. (1 Kings 19:11-12, KJV)

After the wind, after the earthquake, after the fire, when everything is quiet... a still, small ...

This post is by Kelli LaFram.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,...