Finding Resolve in God's Creation Part 3

If Jesus overcame the world and death, then surely He has provided us with everything we need while in the world and after death.

Chronic Illness, Encouragement, FaithAmanda HughleyAugust 10, 2020provision, faith, Nature Comments

Finding Resolve in God's Creation Part 2

God can create whatever storm He wants, naturally or spiritually, but it will never destroy, override, or alter His love for us.

Encouragement, Faith, ScriptureAmanda HughleyAugust 3, 2020Storms, Sovereignty, Faith, Suffering Comments

Finding Resolve in God's Creation

So, when our eyes fail to see His hand over our flawed bodies, surely we can see how His perfect grace has sustained us through illness.

Chronic Illness, Encouragement, FaithAmanda HughleyJuly 27, 2020Grace, Body, Chronic Illness, CreationComment

Losing to Win

It’s through our weakness that His strength is perfected, and through our brokenness that His wholeness is given and received. It is in our fragility and our mortality, that His omnipotence and immortality are made known.

Chronic Illness, Encouragement, Faith, ScriptureAmanda HughleyJuly 13, 2020Victory, defeat, faith, endurance Comment

5 Lessons I've Learned from Being Obedient

there’s nothing in this world that outweighs what God can offer us.

Encouragement, Faith, Purpose, StrategyAmanda HughleyJuly 6, 2020obedience, Lessons, Faith, purpose Comments

The Hope in Complaining

Sometimes, we are unable to package an immense hope in pretty wrapping paper with bows. In our darker times, hope can be more like a speck in the middle of some crumpled dirty newspapers. But, if that hope is in God, it doesn’t matter.

Encouragement, Faith, Prayer, ScriptureAmanda HughleyMay 15, 2020Hope, Psalms, Faith, Prayer, lamentComment

Feeling Abandoned

If we only focus on our most painful seasons, a good God won’t seem so good at all. But to look back over the sum of the ups and downs, the best and worst, is to see that He is good after all.

Chronic Illness, Encouragement, Faith, ScriptureAmanda HughleyApril 13, 2020Psalms, Faith, Forsaken, Doubt, AbandonmentComment

The Sandstorm

If you are in a storm right now, know that something is taking place in the depths of you right now.

Amanda HughleyFebruary 24, 2020Comment

In the Cave

It is a beautification process for the soul. It’s painful, but it’s necessary to bring us to where we need to be in our relationship with and understanding of God. It is literally a building process. And the end result is “perfect and completely developed.”

Amanda HughleyFebruary 17, 2020Comment

The Journey Across

What we do in our journeys with our illnesses makes the difference between thriving and just merely surviving.

Chronic Illness, Encouragement, FaithAmanda HughleyFebruary 10, 2020Nature, Octopus, Faith, Trials Comments

What Are You Laying Your Faith On?

It’s so important to scrutinize where, or in what, we place our confidence. It can mean the difference between limited and enduring peace, between passing or persistent joy. It is, in all seriousness, the difference between life and death, both spiritually and physically.