Chapters Of Struggle

By: Molly October 24, 2018November 9, 2018 CRISSCROSSING GRACEAm I A Soldier Of The Cross, Isaac Watts, Jesus Culture, LOSS, Psalm 30:5, sorrow, struggle, Your Love Never Fails

We say, “If I can’t do it right, I won’t do it at all!” No, before you get it right you’ll probably get it wrong. In every story of success there are chapters of struggle, but they are chapters of learning and growth. —Jentzen Franklin I wish, when I came back to the church (a returned…

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…

Dreamers Harvest Joy, Joy, Joy!

By: Molly September 28, 2018October 5, 2018 RIFFRAFF GODdreamer, Hallelujah, harvest, JOY, Psalm 126, Tasha Cobbs, tears, womenwithdestiny.blog

Those who sow their tears as seeds will reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee. Psalm 126 I used to say, “I’ve cried enough dreamer’s tears in my life to float a battleship.” I did not think of tears as something good. I looked at my tears as shameful weakness. Something to do in private,…

Trashed To Treasured – Here Be Lions

By: Molly August 28, 2018September 30, 2018 RIFFRAFF GODHere 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.…

Waiting With A Hope-FULL Heart

By: Molly May 18, 2018September 7, 2018 CONFIDENT FAITH & HOPEHillsong, HOPE, New Wine, patience, peace, Psalm 27, TRUST, waiting, willing

Wait for the Lord’s help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the Lord’s help. Psalm 27:14 NCV “Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.” ―Elisabeth Elliot My grandfather used to say that waiting on…

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, 2016September 26, 2018 JOURNEY TO HABAKKUK'S VINEYARD, WORDS THAT DANCEdream, 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…

Waterfall

By: Molly November 9, 2018November 9, 2018

BOOK REVIEWS, CRISSCROSSING GRACEGrace, GRIEF, HOPE, I Belong To You, LOSS, Natalie Brenner, This Undeserved Life

“…the sweetness of grace and freedom comes hand in hand with the uncomfortable, bitter-rawness of honest emotions and grief.” ― Natalie Brenner Grief often comes like a waterfall. It can bury us in torrents of emotions, so powerful, so outside ourselves and beyond our control, that those torrents threaten to wash us out into a sea…

Hands of The Potter

By: Molly November 2, 2018November 2, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACECasting Crowns, cruciform, In The Hands Of The Potter, pain, revelation, Suffering, transformation, undone

Do we really believe our lives are created by the hands of The Potter? That is what Psalm 139 teaches us, that we are His creations formed in secret in our Mother’s wombs, and exclusively by His hands. I tell you, I have heard sermons for most of my life attesting to the truth, that…

The Tassel Of His Tallit

By: Molly October 29, 2018October 29, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACEAlisa Turner, confidence, faith, healing, Malachi 4:2, miracles, PRAYER, prayer shawl, tallit, tzitzit

In the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered greatly for twelve years from slow bleeding. Even though she had spent all that she had on healers, she was still suffering. Pressing in through the crowd, she came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his prayer shawl. Instantly her bleeding stopped and she was healed. Luke…

Chapters Of Struggle

By: Molly October 24, 2018November 9, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACEAm I A Soldier Of The Cross, Isaac Watts, Jesus Culture, LOSS, Psalm 30:5, sorrow, struggle, Your Love Never Fails

Just 15 Minutes Each Day!

By: Molly October 23, 2018

BOOK REVIEWS30 Days To Understanding The Bible, bible, BibleIn30Days, Max Anders, New Believer, New Christian, Thomas Nelson

Yep, that’s all. Just fifteen minutes each day, for a month, and you wil be astounded at how much information from the Bible you will begin to assimilate. In simple, easy-to-remember steps, Max Anders book, 30 Days To Understanding The Bible, will show you how to to organize each category of information, take each piece,…

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

The Least of These

By: Molly October 15, 2018October 15, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACEAmanda Cook, Hanna Morris, Heart and Hands, John Moeses Bauan, Jon Tyson, Matthew 25, mika, Pat Barrett, Sean Feucht, Unsplash, William Cory Stanley

And the King shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. —Jesus You know, sometimes as a writer, you are feeling so much in your heart, but you just can’t quite find…

Tenderness, Grace and Grit

By: Molly October 11, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACEBeacon of Hope Gospel Mission Yreka CA, Hillsong Worship, Jesus, pharisees, riffraff, status quo, The Un-Quo Church, Who You Say I Am1 Comment

Jesus was the epitome of tenderness—this awe inspiring combination of grace and grit. He was never intimidated by His enemies, always seeking to comfort the next needy heart, yet He never wavered from teaching the uncompromised truth of God. The crowds followed Him everywhere, flocking after Him with their unending needs—but though the demands on…

Suffering ~ Not Abandoned

By: Molly October 10, 2018

CRISSCROSSING GRACEGrace, Gracefully Broken, Suffering, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, tenderness

You never come to your suffering empty-handed. You always drag a bag full of experiences, expectations, assumptions, perspectives, desires, intentions, and decisions into your suffering. What you think about yourself, life, God, and others will profoundly affect the way you interact with and respond to the difficulty that comes your way. This is why the writer…

Crisscrossing Grace

By: Molly October 5, 2018October 5, 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…