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40 Days 2025

Day 30 – God Lifted Me Up

40 Days 2025

Day 30 – God Lifted Me Up

God often reveals my life to me like a panorama. He reminds me of the paths I have walked, the moments I have stumbled, and the times He has lifted me up again. Like a movie preview, He allows me to glimpse the past, helping me recognize His presence in every moment....
Day 29 – Am I Enough?

40 Days 2025

Day 29 – Am I Enough?

In 2022 I lost my two sons to cancer. My eldest and middle child were both gone within three months of each other. I felt torn apart and my grief was deep. I was also consumed with fear that I might lose my only living child, Nicole. And to top it all, I was...
Day 28 – Showing Up and Sitting Down

40 Days 2025

Day 28 – Showing Up and Sitting Down

Spring Break 2018 was about to begin. It was Friday, and I had finished teaching my last class of the day. I sat down at my desk, exhausted and grateful for a week to breathe and grade and sleep in, when my principal came in. He told me that I had been terminated, and...
Day 27 – Storms, Silence, and the Still Small Voice

40 Days 2025

Day 27 – Storms, Silence, and the Still Small Voice

Life has its ups and downs, but it’s those times when everything feels like it’s falling apart that really shake us—and yet, what feels like the end can actually mark the beginning of something good. A few years ago, I had one of those moments. I had just transitioned...
Day 26 – Resilience

40 Days 2025

Day 26 – Resilience

I often reflect on the words in John 16:33 (NIV), where Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” These words have become an anchor in my life when trying to forge ahead, and a deep source of gratitude as I look...
Day 25 – Blessed

40 Days 2025

Day 25 – Blessed

I’ve never been one to go to doctors unless there is an emergency. Why spend extra money for someone to tell you to take some Tylenol and get some rest? So, when I felt that “pop” in my stomach in 2019, I took some Ibuprofen (I was out of Tylenol) and rested. However...