A Heart Full of Wonder

By: Molly April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 HEART CRIESHoly Spirit Power, Hubble website, Isaiah 40, Let There Be Wonder, Matt Redman, perspective, wonderment

With my whole heart, with my whole life, and with my innermost being, I bow in wonder and love before you, the holy God! Psalm 103:1 TPT I do believe that God wants a relationship that is full of heart-to-heart intimacy–but not at the expense of us losing our wonder at who He is. Google…

Decree Victories

By: Molly March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 HEART CRIESBryan & Katie Torwalt, Cody Carnes, Elevation Worship, Kari Jobe, Praise Before My Breakthrough, The Blessing, victory

They did not conquer by their own strength and skill, but by your mighty power and because you smiled upon them and favored them. You are my King and my God. Decree victories for your people. Psalms 44:3-4 TLB As I thought about the above verse (and writing this post) I began wondering what the…

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.…

Kairos Moments: Arriving At God’s Set Time

They don’t happen often do they? Those kairos moments in life when everything syncs up perfectly. Ah, but when they do it is exquisite! It is arriving at a God moment—the “set time” of maximum opportunity. I haven’t had many of these. Oh, I’ve had a few. My own Damascus Road experience. The days I was chosen for…

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…

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…

The Weakest Branch

By: Molly June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

TOMORROW'S HOPEbelieving, Cory Asbury, Dear God, doubt, fear

Healthy branches aren’t required when it comes to grafting–just a healthy vine. For it is from the vine that the life and strength flows, and a healthy vine can heal the weakest branch. –Notebook of a viticulturist, A Rumored Fortune That was me. I believed I was powerless. So, for a very long time, I…

Standing on Bedrock

By: Molly May 27, 2020

TOMORROW'S HOPEauthority, Elevation Worship, gospel, legacy, Psalm 27, Ravi Zacharias, RZIM

During these tense days, and (sometimes) sleepless nights, I am so thankful that the Word of God is the bedrock for my life. I was having another one of those “sleepless nights,” so this morning, I got up at 3:30 a.m. and picked up my bible. I wanted to plant my feet someplace where I…

You Can Begin Again

By: Molly May 20, 2020May 21, 2020

TOMORROW'S HOPEBeauty for ashes, Casting Crowns, God loves prodigals!, Jesus Christ The Rose of Sharon, Love Moved First

O Lord, now I have heard your report, and I worship you in awe for the fearful things you are going to do. In this time of our deep need, begin again to help us, as you did in years gone by. Show us your power to save us. In your wrath, remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2…

Dear Charles, Take Two

By: Molly May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

BOOK REVIEWS, SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTbook review, Charles Martin, Elevation Worship, Graves Into Gardens, RescueLIFE, The Water Keeper, There Is A King

Dear Charles, Read this story in 1 day. Couldn’t put it down. A thousand times, “Thank you.” Hollywood will be lining up–because this one has GOT to be a movie! (And I can hardly wait for the next installment!) God bless the work of your hands sir. Buy it, you won’t be sorry! Read it.…

Navigating Storm “covid-19”

“[It is] our inclination to replace Jesus’ call to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow him. We replace his call with a self-serving path in which we deny our neighbors, take up our comforts and follow our dreams.” –Scott Sauls Navigating stormy seas, especially those storms when expectations are not met in ways…

A Heart Full of Wonder

By: Molly April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

HEART CRIESHoly Spirit Power, Hubble website, Isaiah 40, Let There Be Wonder, Matt Redman, perspective, wonderment

Oh, Revive Us!

Oh, revive us! Then your people can rejoice in you again. Psalm 85:6 TLB There is nothing more frustrating than the feeling of praying to heavens made of brass. The Prophet Jeremiah knew what this was like. In the third chapter of Lamentations, he raises this lament, He shuts me in so I’ll never get…

Blue Couch Moment

By: Molly April 15, 2020April 21, 2020

BOOK REVIEWS, HEART CRIESblue couch moment, Brand New, Matthew West, prodigals

You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am. Psalm 139:3 TLB If the love of God is universal? And all inclusive? Then I have to believe a “blue couch moment” comes to all of us at some time in our lives.…

Father… Father Me.

By: Molly April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

HEART CRIESBrian Doerksen, brokenhearted, Brooklyn Tabernacle, Father Me, Hillsong Worship, Jim Cymbala, No One But You

Since you are God’s children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and the Spirit cries out, “Father.” Galatians 4:6 NCV This was the cry of my heart to my heavenly Father, as my earthly father was slowly losing his battle with cancer, “Father… Father me.” Years before, Brian Doerksen had released…

A Decided Heart

By: Molly April 1, 2020

HEART CRIESAll In, Andy Andrews, decision, Find Me, Jonathan and Melisa Helser, Matthew West, The Seven Decisions

I decided to go down to the valley streams where the orchards of the king grow and mature. I longed to know if hearts were opening. Are the budding vines blooming with new growth? Has their springtime of passionate love arrived? Song of Songs 6:11 TPT I have been pondering the question, “What does it…