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    When God Closes a Door with a Resounding Bang

    by Lois Flowers October 3, 2017
    by Lois Flowers

    Today’s post first appeared about 18 months ago, as part of a series on my friend Bethany’s blog. It’s about the end of a writing dream, but it also could apply to any situation in which God seems to close a door with a resounding bang. My prayer is that this little chapter from my life will encourage you in some way, especially if you are struggling to accept an outcome you weren’t expecting.

    When I was in my early 30s, I wrote a book about infertility. I worked on it during the long months after my husband and I ended our three-year effort to conceive and before we adopted our first daughter from China.

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    October 3, 2017 30 comments
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  • A Prayer for When the Burdens Pile Up

    by Lois Flowers September 26, 2017
    by Lois Flowers September 26, 2017 32 comments

    There are good days and there are bad days, aren’t there? I admit, my worst day probably looks better than the best day of many in the world. But stresses and pressures and heartaches and annoyances can pile up, can’t they? When they do, it’s sometimes hard to breathe, sometimes …

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  • Hope for the Weary Ones

    by Lois Flowers September 19, 2017
    by Lois Flowers September 19, 2017 42 comments

    Hey there, you with the pinched brow and tired eyes. Yeah, I’m talking to you, but honestly? I’m also talking to myself. It’s been a tough season, hasn’t it? I don’t know your specifics, and maybe you don’t know mine. But the effect those circumstances are having on your heart, body …

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  • What I Learned this Summer

    by Lois Flowers September 12, 2017
    by Lois Flowers September 12, 2017 33 comments

    This has been a summer for the books. And by that, I mean actual books. As in, if I ever write another book, what I’ve been learning these past few months will permeate the pages in ways I can’t even imagine right now. When the summer began, my mom was …

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  • Friendship in the Tired Seasons

    by Lois Flowers September 5, 2017
    by Lois Flowers September 5, 2017 32 comments

    It was just a question at the end of a blog post about a soon-to-be released book—a query designed to build interest and get the conversation moving in the comment section. For me, though, it set off a train of thoughts I rode for several weeks.

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  • ‘Was God an Introvert?’

    by Lois Flowers August 22, 2017
    by Lois Flowers August 22, 2017 26 comments

    “Mom, was God an introvert?” Yeah, the inquiry caught me off guard too, though I suppose it shouldn’t have. The questioner was, after all, reading a book called Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts. Understanding her thought processes the way I do, I also knew that by God, she …

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As long as we’re here on planet Earth, God has a good purpose for us. This is true no matter how old we are, what we feel on any given day or what we imagine anyone else thinks about us. It can be a struggle, though, to believe this and live like it. It requires divine strength and eternal hope. And so I write, one pilgrim to another, in an effort to encourage us both as we navigate the long walk home together.

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