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Great post! And I've truly experienced the fruit of being surrounded by other strong believers.

I believe that God will reward you more than you can imagine for letting that situation go! And I believe that He'll reveal to you the fruits of obeying Him. But in the moment, I totally would have reacted the same way you did! XD As always, great post!

Amen, Amen and AMEN! What a great post. I certainly needed to read that and feel encouraged about how when I idolize something and take matters into my own hands that nothing good comes out of it—even when what I'm desiring isn't necessarily a bad thing! Thanks for the encouraging word!

I agree! Something small but God ordained can have such a profound impact. I think that speaks to how great God is and that he can use something that may seem insignificant to us for His glory! We serve an AMAZING God!

I didnt' know most vets were Christians! That's awesome. Yet again, I'm AMAZED to see how God provides. Especially when things don't seem to make sense externally. Thanks again for another great post!

As always, excellent post! I especially like how you mentioned that there's a difference between being confident and prideful. For many years, I always thought that saying anything with remote confidence made me arrogant and prideful. But I learned through another believer that having confidence i

Maggie, I looooved today’s post!! Thank you for writing it! I feel like in some ways it was the Holy Spirit continuing our faith conversation from our bible study. It is so exciting to discover God’s intentionality in the dreams that are in our hearts. Life really is a WILD adventure and I am so gl

It's interesting to think about love as an "active experience." I never thought of it that way. But it makes sense. Especially if you think about how Christ loves us. Great post! Thanks, Mags!

At first, I thought your post was going to be about how it's important for Christians to eat healthily. But after learning that you were using "fake food" as an analogy for counterfeit Christians, I thought was an excellent analogy! And for me, it was certainly convicting. It made me think about my

#HulksforChrist =)

Thanks for the real, raw and honest post. It was encouraging to read!

As someone who has failed time and time again, I cannot agree enough about how God uses our failures for our good and through our failures and eventual success we can ultimately glorify Him. Of course, in our moments of failure it's hard to see this, especially as I am a person who struggles immense

As I shared in this week's blog post, I am challenging myself to create a video this week. I'll need your support though. Will you be my accountability partner? If you accepted my challenge to do something that makes you uncomfortable, I'd love to hear what you're going to do?

This is in response to your most recent blog "Big things often come in small packages". The lord really honors obedience in big and small tasks. No task is to small. One thing that stood out to me and directly related to something I read in my devotional is God will always provide you with what

God uses our afflictions to help others. What are some ways you can use your past or current experiences to help someone in need today?

I never knew what an amazing plant bamboo is! Once I read about it from your post, I couldn't agree anymore of what a great analogy it is for how God works in us.

Wow, that guy deserves a gold medal for his persistence! I'm not sure if he's a believer or not but he certainly displayed Christ-like qualities that we can all learn from.

Again, another interesting experience while you were traveling... One of the best bosses I ever had always asked us how we could be the solution to a problem. It's so easy to point out what's wrong, but she told us that if we're going to point issues out then we need to be prepared to offer an eff

Maggie, excellent point about how we often try to do things—that might not be bad per se—when all we really need to do is turn to God for direction, answers and pretty much everything. And He'll ALWAYS provide. Just as long as we're persistent and have faith! Also, you tend to have interesting exp

This post was good!! I say that because often times we're taught to have a love-hate relationship with our desires... when the reality is that it's usually more of a love-love relationship. We desire things that feel good, look good... help us cope good. But all in all, our desires removed from God

Wow! Thanks for sharing that story. Interestingly, I was with some folks earlier today and someone mentioned how she was so thankful to God that He orchestrates all things. This post is yet another perfect example of that. And remembering that God is in control of all things is something that I

Great post! I like every word written on it. I couldn’t agree any more that life is quite an adventure. It’s a journey where there’s lots to see, lots to discover, and lots to experience. Everyday I’m always thinking ”What’s in store for me? Will today be exciting, or boring? Will it be filled with

AMEN! Mags, thanks for such an honest post. It was real. What I especially found encouraging about this entry was to see how God has worked in an area that is 1. a sensitive topic to discuss 2. a continuation from something you shared about nearly a year ago. I think that no matter what anybod

First, as always, great post! We were talking about writing strong leads in my writing class and the lead you used certainly pulls the reader. The anecdote about Steve was great—he sounds like a great friend! Second, thank you for sharing such a vulnerable topic. I've always found you to be a grea

"The world defines who we are by what we do, but the Word defines who we are by our identity in Christ. You are NOT your results." As always, great post! And I wanted to take a second to write about the specific statement that I pasted above. I think in the good ole U-S-A, we're extremely result

Amen and amen! First, I never finished watching Finding Nemo, and so after reading this post, I definitely want to watch it soon! Second, it's so interesting to hear what you were going through, as I have been going through something similar myself. While reading your post, I thought about how

This has been a diffuclt topic for me to address without coming across as judgmental. So, I prayed and asked God to give me wisdom like Soloman so I'll able to explain scripture and complex concepts in such a way that makes it easy for people to understand. If you haven't already read today's blog

So I had endless convos with people about "positive thinking," and I realized how misunderstood it is. If you read this week's blog post, Positive Thinking Is Flawed, I want to hear your thoughts. If you didn't read it, no worries...there's still time. Go ahead and read it, come back, and let's get

Have you read today's blog post? If not, read now. When you're done, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Based on the post, what's one thing you can do when faced with affliction?