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…

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…

New Song #7

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Song of Solomon 8:5 The Warrior (verse 1) Oh, Abba! What words can I write To sing new songs of sweetest praise? To tell of victories in the night And how a victor’s shout is raised? Who is this? Her brow so bloodied?…

Battlefield Jesus

Does this chapter surprise you a little? Did you flip back and check the title page to see if you had the right author? Do you find yourself objecting, perhaps, to the battle field imagery I’ve employed to describe my life as it is? Could it be you’ve never quite pictured your walk with Jesus…

Shield My Heart

By: Molly January 15, 2020

SMALL BEGINNINGBrian Simmons, Dancing on The Waves, God loves prodigals!, heartsong, shield, The Divine Romance, We The Kingdom

But in the depths of my heart I truly knowthat you, Yahweh, have become my Shield;You take me and surround me with yourself.Your glory covers me continually.You lift high my head when I bow low in shame. Psalm 3:3 TPT I am not exactly sure when my heart began to believe that Jesus would always…

Wisdom & Bold Asking

By: Molly January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

SMALL BEGINNINGhttps://www.fiorellagiordanoonline.com/, Mercy Me, wisdom, Word of God Speak

If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master…

Guide My Steps

By: Molly January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

SMALL BEGINNINGA Liturgy for the Labors of Community, footsteps, guidance, HOLY SPIRIT, Ode To Ten Toes, PRAYER, Rabbit Room, surrender

The steps of the God-pursuing ones follow firmly in the footsteps of the Lord, and God delights in every step they take to follow him. Psalm 37:23 The Passion Translation As we begin this “new beginning” of 2020, I cannot think of anything more appropriate, than to begin this new decade with seven prayers. Therefore,…

Heads Up Pilgrims!

By: Molly December 26, 2019

SONRISECoffee With Jesus, God With Us, HOPE, Lana Vawser, New Year, Pilgrims Progress, Terrian

We are about to cross over into the year 2020, so I am saying a big, “Heads Up!” for this New Year, because I believe we are about to enter into an amazing time in history. Let’s begin with a “word” from, Coffee With Jesus by Lana Vawser. Wisdom and insight from a classic Then,…

Reborn Christmas

By: Molly December 18, 2019

BOOK REVIEWS, SONRISECharles Martin, JOY, Melissa Helser, What If It's True?, White As Snow

What if this is the year your Christmas is reborn? What if Jesus is “the answer” you have been seeking all of your life? What if He really is, The Son of God? In his book, What If It’s True?, Charles Martin asks these questions, “What if every single word of this story is absolutely…

Mentor of… An Awful Grace

By: Molly December 11, 2019

BOOK REVIEWS, SONRISEJob, lament, Lamentations of An Awful Grace, selah, Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me

How would today’s Church receive a man (and mentor) like Job? A man who is remembered for his deep lamenting of the awful grace of God. Would we shun him or attempt to correct him as his “friends” did? (I wonder.) Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the modern worship songs we sing. For example,…

Unshakeable God

By: Molly December 4, 2019December 5, 2019

SONRISEBrian Simmons, Carol Binion, desperation, first love, Hillsong Worship, King of Kings, The Divine Romance, Unshakeable Love

Nothing is more important to your spiritual and emotional stability than knowing just how priceless you are to our Unshakeable God. He gave His only Son so that you would know and believe that! The scripture says that God is a jealous God, meaning that you are so important to Him, He wants NOTHING to…

Lazarus, “Come out!”

By: Molly November 27, 2019

SONRISECome Alive, DESTINY, Dreamers, Dreams, Elevation Church, Here Be Lions, Hillsong Worship, I Speak Jesus, Steven Furtick, The Lazarus Factor

It was Ezekiel, one of God’s prophets, who wrote these haunting words: “Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!” Ezekiel 37:4. Speak to the dry bones? To the things that have died? What for? I mean, can you imagine? Why would God…

Soul Empty

By: Molly November 20, 2019November 20, 2019

BOOK REVIEWS, SONRISEdeliverance, empty, Matthew West, sorrow, Suffering, Truth Be Told, Wilderness

It was forty years ago, but I can still remember that inner-hollow-weariness I felt when I arrived at the place I call, “Soul-Empty.” That was the day I decided–I was going to end my life. I was physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted. I saw nothing but an endless wilderness of pain-filled days ahead of me.…

Assignment From Heaven

By: Molly November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

SONRISEabandonment, abuse, Arise ans Shine, Danny Gokey, DESTINY, Here Be Lions, Jeremiah 1: 5, purpose, rejection, Wanted

You have been put here on this earth with an assignment from heaven. That is why you were created. All the stuff that has happened since the day you were born, is yours to use, if you choose to. Not just the good stuff–the bad stuff, too. Why the bad stuff? The simple answer is…