Thinking about a worship song for this Wednesday has brought me to “A King Like No Other”. I have been dealing with the challenges of PTSD that has been exacerbated lately. My head swirls with intrusive thoughts and terrifying flashbacks of a really dark time during my adolescence. It has been hard to choose just the […]

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Tags: flashbacks, King of Kings, locusts destroyed, perpetrators, redeemed
Filed under: Comfort, Emotion, Flashbacks/Memories, Life, Pain, Worship Wednesday

The lyrics of “Moved by Mercy” are familiar for many abuse survivors. Nightmares are a part of PTSD and adults who were sexually abused as children are survivors of war to be certain. I can’t count how many times both night and day, I have wished I could go back and hold the child who was […]

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Tags: abuse survivor, Matthew West, Moved by Mercy, sexual abuse
Filed under: Comfort, Life, Pain, Worship Wednesday

Steven Curtis Chapman wrote this incredible song out of the excruciating pain of losing his beloved daughter, Maria, to a freak accident. It is composed with the verse from Isaiah that I use for this website. I am sure he would be blessed to know how much his words are helping others in various tragedies and heartbreaks. […]

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Tags: Beauty will rise, devastation, hope, Steven Curtis Chapman, Tragedy
Filed under: Comfort, Emotion, Recovery, Resources, Scripture, Worship Wednesday

My dog Mindy ran into the house, jumped on the couch and curled into a little shaking ball. I watched perplexed, thinking something outside scared her. She started to gnaw and lick her leg, followed by a race around the living room, then she would skulk down on her belly again. Each time Mindy would get up, she would […]

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Filed under: Comfort, Devotional, Scripture, Worship Wednesday