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Raelynn Rea

Using the Bad for Good

My dear friend Annie Herring, from Second Chapter of Acts, wrote a song years ago that has had a amazing impact on my life. Many of you probably remember it. The song goes like this “fly away little burden, fly away off my shoulder. Yesterday was a burden, yesterday I was older. Clouds of gray …

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Let’s Further the Kingdom

This is a quote that a dear friend sent me. It says at all. “Hardship changes you or breaks you, but it probably won’t evade you. In the midst of it, we discover that hardship is not a sign of God’s absence; it is where God’s greatest power dwells.” Most of us live in hardship, …

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See Others

Today was a day! To take time to get our eyes off of ourselves, and look up and around us and see the needs of others. To take time to encourage and show, love, and compassion, and help others to choose joy! Today was the day! My heart is full. Lucy loved on several little …

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Starting Chemo

Well, the third leg of my journey begins. I will be starting chemo in a few weeks. A few minutes ago I was texting a friend and I told her that this time around, God is no less present than He was the time before. I am in a very comfortable place right now, snuggled …

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Psalm 84

Psalm 84:5-7 (NLT) ~ What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will continue to grow stronger, and …

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Still Waiting

Choose joy! Dance! Be OK with not knowing and rest in what you know! What I know is this. That I am loved! I am the daughter of the King! I have everything I need in Him! I could go on and on and on about the blessings. Today I choose to look at the …

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Waiting

I am waiting! Sometimes the path forward is unclear. It is so much easier to know and then proceed, but God doesn’t always give us that. Sometimes He has us stand still in the dark, holding His hand. Not knowing the answer to the big question in front of us, staying in wait mode. It’s …

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Raelynn Rea

Hebrews 13:5

Head 13:5 I will not in any way fail you, nor give you up, nor leave you without support. I will not, will not, will not in any degree leave you helpless, nor forsake you, nor let you down or relax my hold on you . . . Assuredly NOT.

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Raelynn Rea

Choose Joy

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The Waiting Period

For those of you who have been praying for me, your prayers are working! I went through surgery yesterday to remove a mass in my abdomen. It went very well. I am home and feeling pretty good! I do not have results of the biopsy yet, but what I have is perfect peace! I know …