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Unglued {Lesson 4} & (in)couraged to hope Link-up!

by Jacque Watkins

Wow! It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I’ve been so crazy busy—maybe you have too??! Tracie and I have been going through Lysa TerKeurst’s book, Unglued, along with some of you, and we are longing that each one of you is (in)couraged to hope … that you would have hope that we’re in this together. […]

Your Voice is the Bridge From Your Heart to Mine

by Jacque Watkins

Your voice is the bridge from your heart to mine as we walk amidst the vivid colors and falling leaves of this far away place. And what rest my heart has found to hear your voice. The voice I read on the screen yet today I can hear. For the spinning noises of life to pause […]

Unglued {Lesson 3} & (in)couraged to hope Link-up!

by Jacque Watkins

If there’s anything I’ve realized by tracking my raw emotions and unglued moments this week, it’s that I don’t want to be this way forever–I don’t want to stay the same. As I’ve explored my self-inflicted labels and recognized my exploding and stuffing tendencies, I realize what a mess I really am. Don’t get me […]

I Want to Look Beyond the Now of Who You Are

by Jacque Watkins

I want to see. I want to learn how to look past the surface and see the deep places where others really live. Because I know where I really live. I know my struggles and the pain of my moments. And when I’m deeply honest, this life is hard. Hard because transparency is risky and […]

Unglued {Lesson 2} & (in)couraged to hope Link-up!

by Jacque Watkins

This week it was no surprise that making wise choices in the midst of my raw emotions proved difficult for me. Slow steps indeed, requiring lots of grace. There was the person at church who rudely made an unreasonable request… My husband, who tried to help me, but in my opinion was taking too long… A […]

Unglued {Lesson 1} & (in)couraged to hope Link-up!

by Jacque Watkins

Coming unglued seems to be an epidemic … I can’t begin to count all the times I’ve been unglued… When she wrote with Sharpie all over her arms and legs. Twice. When we spent a lot of money on his orthodontics and he didn’t “want” to wear his retainer. When she failed to follow through […]

To Welcome Suffering is to Say Yes to God

by Jacque Watkins

If there’s one thing I’m learning lately, it’s that suffering is inevitable in this life. That no matter who we are, no matter what we have, and no matter where we live, we will have hard things to face. And yet it’s such a challenge to welcome the suffering–to embrace adversity… To look forward to […]

(In)couraged to Hope :: Unglued {Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions}

by Jacque Watkins

(In)Courage is a captivating online community, and their leaders have been praying for new ways to help the women within the (in)courage community connect more deeply with one another. And I can’t be more thrilled to be helping out! My friend Tracie and I are joining the (in)courage community as (in)couragers over the next 8 weeks, and we […]

For When You Need To Grasp His Love

by Jacque Watkins

There are still times when it is hard for me to grasp how very wide and long and high and deep is God’s unconditional love for me. To grasp no matter what I do, He could never love me more, And no matter what I fail to do, He could never love me less. He loves […]

Grace FULL and Overflowing

by Jacque Watkins

Full. Satisfied. Filled to the top with favor and overflowing. A gift that’s unearned. Underserved. And just plain surprising. And He says it’s sufficient–that it’s enough. No more looking around and longing to be satisfied. No more longing for significance or worth or wishing to belong. No more coveting what’s not ours and hanging our […]

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