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…

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…

Keepin’ It Real: Prodigal Laments

By: Molly June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

UNHINDERED7eventh Time Down, prodigal heart, Red Dirt Road, Sugarland, The 99

Can we speak of laments—of “lost sheep” who get found—and of a prodigal who finds her way out of depression and hopelessness? Let’s you and me converse about Jesus; about genuine laments that lead us straight to God’s unhindered love. And while we’re at it? Is it okay if we also confront this lamentable truth:…

Under His Wings

By: Molly May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

LAMENTS: Keepin' It REALpeace, refuge, rest, safety, Under His Wings

I lie awake at night thinking of you—of how much you have helped me—and how I rejoice through the night beneath the protecting shadow of your wings. Psalm 63: 6-7 TLB There is a place of shadow, Where fear cannot remain; A place of warmth and safety; A balm for all my pain. Where darkness…

Remembering Our Primary Mission

By: Molly May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

BOOK REVIEWS, COURSE CORRECTIONAmir Tsarfati, C. S. Lewis, freedom, gospel, Mike Huckabee, mission, The Last Hour

“Let us remember, as people of faith, that our primary mission is not to have a political ideology, it’s to change the world so that every man, woman, boy, and girl can experience true freedom.” – Mike Huckabee “God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some…

Song For Natalie

By: Molly May 15, 2019

LAMENTS: Keepin' It REAL, UNHINDEREDBe Strong, compassion, gospel, GRIEF, Jon Egan, lament, nataliebrennerwrites.com

My way forward is always about going deeper into God’s love for me. Deeper into God’s heart, deeper into union and communion with Him. I’m walking the road to claiming my identity as the Beloved of God. —Sharon Garlough Brown, Sensible Shoes “Wash me…” from the dust of dreams, Of sorrow’s song with iron bars…

Journeying To Hope…

By: Molly May 8, 2019

UNHINDEREDAfter Me, depression, HOPE, hopeless, journey, JOY, Mack Brock

Journeying with Jesus is the journey from hopeless to hope-FULL. For one like me who had unsuccessfully battled with depression for years, this concept of being “full of hope” seemed to always be beyond my grasp. Therefore, I struggled to believe. How could so many wondrous promises from God actually be for one like me?…

Blossoms In The Desert

By: Molly May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

UNHINDEREDdesert, Heartcry of David Collective, HOPE, Wilderness, Your Lovingkindness

“God takes everyone he loves through a desert. It is his cure for our wandering hearts, restlessly searching for a new Eden… The best gift of the desert is God’s presence… The protective love of the Shepherd gives me courage to face the interior journey.” ― Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life: Connecting with God…

Revelation On Three Strands

By: Molly April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

SHEPHERDING LIKE CHRISTChris Tomlin, gospel, Grace, Is He Worthy?, love, Romans 8: 31-36, The Church

The revelation of truth can only come through love. —Brian Simmons, I Hear His Whisper I really thought I had written my last post on this series. Then, suddenly, the Holy Spirit whispered something again, that He first whispered to me many years ago, “When you lose your love—you lose your way.” Just as suddenly,…