Discovery of Life In The Strangest Place!

By: Molly February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTabundant life, Bethel Music, God loves prodigals!, Jesus Christ, LOSS, Run to the roar!, surrender, There Is A Name, victory, womenwithdestiny.blog

For if you choose self-sacrifice, giving up your lives for my glory, you will embark on a discovery of more and more of true life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will lose what you try to keep. Luke 9:24 TPT For the longest time I did NOT understand this…

Fishing With Jesus

By: Molly December 3, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACECasting Crowns, comeback, failure, Jentezen Franklin, One Awkward Moment, outcast, second chances

Simon Peter announced, “I’m going fishing.” John 21: 3 This is one of my favorite stories in the Bible. I suppose because it’s not so much about fishing, as it is about about the recommissioning of a man who had really blown it—and I mean big time! This is a story about Peter, the guy who…

Kindness Is Compassionate Acceptance

By: Molly October 17, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACEacceptance, Casting Crowns, compassionate, Jesus, kindness, Nobody, riffraff, Someone Priceless, The Church, TheUnQuo, William Cory Stanley

Maybe our finest hours or greatest moments are not meant to be well known, but subtle, seemingly unnoticed acts of kindness felt by the souls we touch. —William Cory Stanley What do I mean by compassionate acceptance? Well, let’s begin by examining each word first. Google says COMPASSIONATE means: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for…

Crisscrossing Grace

By: Molly October 5, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACECory Asbury, crisscrossing, Grace, intersecting, Isn't He (This Jesus), Jesus Christ, Natalie Grant, reckless love

I kept crisscrossing God’s grace for years without recognizing it for what it was. I didn’t believe God cared. I believed in bootstrapping effort. I believed in coincidental circumstances. I believed in a world where abandonment and rejection was the rule not the exception. But a God of loving grace? I couldn’t relate to the…

Trashed To Treasured – Here Be Lions

By: Molly August 28, 2018December 10, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACEHere Be Lions, HOPE, I Belong To You, new beginningLeave a Comment

“It’s not victory that makes a man. It’s his defeats.” ― Pierce Brown I see rays of brilliance in Mr. Brown’s writing. And he’s right, sometimes our life gets trashed! Unfortunately, while there are grains of truth in what he writes, there is a vast difference between standing on bedrock and standing on shifting sand.…

Victory and Confidence Comes From Him Alone

By: Molly April 28, 2018September 7, 2018 CONFIDENT FAITH & HOPEconfidence, God, God Alone, never give up, Psalm 62, victory

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:1-2 NLT “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” ― Barry Finlay, Kilimanjaro and Beyond Where does victory come from? When the climb…

The Dreamer

By: Molly April 11, 2016March 31, 2019 JOURNEY TO HABAKKUK'S VINEYARD, LAMENTS: Keepin' It REALdream, dreamer, GRIEF, LOSS

Dear Child of Mine ~ I see you there, All burdened down with weight and care. I see your tears as you clutch it so, Your precious dream that died… (I know.) I understand the hopes you held, The longing wish that all would meld. I know it seems “too late” to dream, As though…

Hi, I’m Molly!

I love words. And stories! Especially stories about overcoming. Stories about HOPE. I believe hope is the one thing (after Jesus) that none of us can live without! So I write. Stories that I pray will bring hope to anyone who is struggling. If that’s you? I want you to know one thing today. I…

Songs In The Night

…Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night Job 35:10 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6 “The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all who…

HOPE In All Circumstances

I waited and waited and waited some more, patiently, knowing God would come through for me. Then, at last, he bent down and listened to my cry. He stooped down to lift me out of danger from the desolate pit I was in, out of the muddy mess I had fallen into. Now he’s lifted…

Dear God… I’ve searched

By: Molly August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

Songs of A Prodigal, UNHINDEREDHillsong United, PRAYER, Starts and Ends, surrender

Inside this dark and lonely place, I’ve searched for love, and peace, and grace. I’ve chased it here; watched life go by; Swallowing every stupid lie… The enemy dropped in front of me. I thought I knew but couldn’t see… That I’d been duped and made a fool, While trailing what I thought was “cool.”…

Brokenhearted Riffraff

By: Molly August 7, 2019August 16, 2019

UNHINDEREDGod loves prodigals!, God Loves You!, Grace, Jason Upton, Never Alone Martin

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the suffering and afflicted. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted, to announce liberty to captives, and to open the eyes of the blind. Isaiah 61:1 The LORD is drawn to the brokenhearted. Though…

Lookin’ For Love

By: Molly July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Songs of A Prodigal, UNHINDEREDAs You Find Me, God loves prodigals!, Hillsong United, love, prodigal, prodigal church, prodigal heart

I’m lookin’ high. I’m searchin’ low. I’m lookin’ for that special glow! You know the one–it makes you feel, Like you could fly, like this is really… Where it’s at! The REAL thing! That gives life spark, and soul that zing! It’s love! I gotta’ get me some. I’ll know it when it finally comes.…

Everlasting Love

By: Molly July 24, 2019July 24, 2019

UNHINDEREDeverlasting, for KING & COUNTRY, God Only Knows, John 3:16, Louie Giglio, love, Not Forsaken

I don’t believe there is anything in this world more counterfeited than love. So where would you go to find “everlasting” love? Is there even such a possibility? What is real love anyway? What does it look like? And, is there a love that will outlast everything this chaotic world can dish out? We are…

Doin’ Fine!

By: Molly July 17, 2019August 16, 2019

Songs of A Prodigal, UNHINDEREDGod loves prodigals!, Jason Upton, prodigals, Wild and Free

Hey I’m okay–I’m doin’ fine! That is my story and my line. I don’t need you, when I’ve got me! I’m doin’ great, as you can see! I learned it young. It’s all I know. I’m all I’ve got! Life ain’t no rainbow. But in the dark, with none around; The tears they flow–without a…

Hugging Porcupines

By: Molly July 10, 2019

UNHINDEREDflack, God loves prodigals!, Jason Upton, Louie Giglio, Not Forsaken, porcupines, prodigals, The Thief and The Friend

Hugging you takes some practice. So I’ll start out with a cactus. –Marilyn Singer (on hugging porcupines) Hugging porcupines ain’t easy! Neither is hugging your critics. And, may I add, hugging prickly Prodigals takes a heart full of Holy-Spirit-Love. Loving Prodigals is not easy for The Church. I don’t really understand why. They are our…

Sail Away

By: Molly July 3, 2019August 16, 2019

Songs of A Prodigal, UNHINDEREDGod loves prodigals!, Jason Upton, Louie Giglio, Not Forsaken, Sail Away, Scarecrow, The God Chasers

When blackness gathers like the night; And skies are filled with jagged light; When thunder crashes; peals of doom. And stormy wind’s like nightmare’s broom… Sweep down across your world of right, And brush away what’s best and bright. And boat’s adrift; sails tossed and blown; In churning seas of boiling foam. Now compass gone–now…

Carry On, Warrior Princess

By: Molly June 26, 2019June 26, 2019

UNHINDEREDBroken, Casting Crowns, Louie Giglio, Not Forsaken, prodigal, prodigal church, runaways

People who need help sometimes look a lot like people who don’t need help. –Glennon Doyle Melton, Carry On, Warrior I never thought of myself as a Warrior Princess. Though I grew up in a warrior-household where it was every man for himself. We all had giant holes in our hearts but no one ever…

Abandoning Ship!

By: Molly June 19, 2019

Songs of A Prodigal, UNHINDEREDabandoned, betrayed, brokenhearted, Campfires and Masquerades, disillusioned, prodigal, rebel, Wounded

“Dad, I’m not at all sure I can follow you any longer in your simple Christian faith’ stated the clergyman’s son when he returned from the university for holidays with a fledgling scholar’s assured arrogance. The father’s black eyes skewered his son, who was ‘lost,’ as C.S. Lewis put it ‘in the invincible ignorance of…

Vulnerability, Clarity And The Light

By: Molly June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

BOOK REVIEWS, UNHINDEREDBethel Music, Brene Brown, Brian Simmons, clarity, Daring Greatly, passionmovement.com, prodigal heart, shame, The Divine Romance, Victory Album, vulnerability, womenwithdestiny.blog

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.” ―Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We…