Discovering Hope

The One That Got Away

It had been awhile since I had landed one. A rainbow trout. Beautiful and delicious. I was salivating for such a meal that night. Recent floods had changed the whole landscape. My favorite fishing hole used to have huge boulders in the middle, where fish could hide out from predators and wait for bait to...
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Hi, Stranger. Tell Me Your Secrets… ?!

Wow, Lord. We never know when You are going to position us to share with other Valley travelers. So that they, too, can find Victory there... Amen? My latest opportunity was at a women's networking event two days ago. Sponsored by a retail business 35 miles from where I live. We have started holding such...
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How Do I Tell Him, Lord?

I knew he had been ill. But there was a level of secrecy about it. Suggesting it must be serious. It is. He has cancer. I just discovered this days ago. He's a "professional" friend. I met him through my husband. We see each other only occasionally. Mostly at professional functions gathering people nationwide. We...
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Dream… Or No Dream?

What does dreaming have to do with deliverance? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything. Last night, I dreamed about Andrew Walker -- the popular Hallmark movie star. Hallmark - "The Heart of TV." No surprise there. I saw him last night, in a new movie that aired for the first time. What surprised me was our encounter. He...
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The Promise & Peril of Small Packages

What single women doesn't catch her breath when the man of her dreams -- the real man, the love of her life -- pulls a small velvet box out of his pocket in a super-romantic moment?  :) Actually, diamonds aren't (like that old slogan said), "A girl's best friend." Her real best friend is the...
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Cherished Communion Cameo

They aren't famous. I had never even met them before. So why did I grab my camera during our communion service this morning and snap their picture? Because You told me to, Lord. It was one of those Urgent Opportunities. A Photo of A Lifetime. Here one moment, gone the next. So I didn't waste...
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What Are YOUR Dreams Hiding?

It was one of those Crossroads Moments. When Your Cross, Lord, rose up in the middle of the road. Making Your Presence unmistakable. Except this time, the Crossroads Moment happened in a Dream. Someone else's Dream. A Dream that was, simultaneously, my Answer to Prayer. One of those ordinary moments that suddenly turned Extraordinary. In...
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The Atheist I Love – Part 2

It's been three months since I wrote my first blog about The Atheist I Love.  https://championsofdestiny.com/the-atheist-i-love/ A lot can happen in three months... can't it, Lord? Even in three days. Like Easter weekend. My atheist friend went to church with his believing wife. On Easter morning. It was a special anniversary in their decades-long married...
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How Many Grains Are Left?

My heart is heavy today, Lord. A friend is leaving tomorrow morning. Returning to his home far away. Two months earlier than normal. His wife became ill and was already flown there by medical transport. It's unclear how much longer she may have. He has significant medical issues of his own. I'm sorry about the...
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Very Special Delivery!

Her email appeared in my inbox last Sunday night. No subject line. A name I didn't recognize. How many such emails have I deleted, Lord, in these days of hackers sending viruses to crash the hard drives of the unsuspecting? It is only by Your grace that I opened this one, Lord. A Very Special...
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