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Hi Friends, Welcome to the summer issue! We hope you find your favorite spot and treat yourself to some “me time” so the Lord can refresh and encourage your soul today. He is waiting for you and desires to talk to you heart to heart, so He can fill you with words of hope and encouragement. Especially in these times don’t we need someone to sit down with us and remind us that we’re going to be okay and that no matter what is happening around us, God loves us and is Lord over all? As I was proofing this issue, I couldn’t get over how often the idea of doing faith together kept leaping off the pages. It reminded me of For King and Country’s song “Together” released in the beginning of the pandemic. The line, “Together we are bolder, braver, stronger” is so fitting for us as a community of women, especially now when our hearts break with all that is going on in the world. We don’t walk this faith journey alone! We need each other, perhaps more than ever before, so we can be brave and courageous, we need each other to point us to Jesus, we need each other to link arms together and hold each other up. Down deep in our souls, God created us with the need for companionship—for time with other women who get us—and this is what this magazine is all about.
Inside you will find all kinds of encouragement to remind you of the togetherness your heart craves. We are thrilled, after ten years, to give you an update on Katie Davis Majors and her growing family in her interview on page 18. Last time you met her she was a single mother of 13 girls. Can’t wait for you to hear what God has been doing since then. Then our Courageous Women series features one of the heroes of the faith, Corrie ten Boom on page 34. What an amazing woman of God and story. It’s our prayer that you will be challenged and inspired by her courage and faith grown in the deepest, darkest pit imaginable. Even there, God can bring out good and beauty as you will see. You won’t want to miss all the other rich content including our new “Faith at Work” column on page 44 in this issue. Plan to savor every word and let the Holy Spirit encourage you, comfort you, challenge you, inspire you—and everything in between. And when you’re having one of those days, don’t forget that you have a community of women who are spurring you on in your faith and courage. “Together we are bolder, braver, stronger.” Let’s change the world together!
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We consider ourselves your hand-picked cheering section. We will be here with you through every season and trust that God will have a word for you so very personally in whatever you are going through. Because that’s the kind of personal God He is. So intimately acquainted with what your soul needs on any given day.
Togetherness is especially important when it comes to our word of the year: courage. None of us are brave in isolation—one person’s fears can be countered by another one’s courage. I love those words from Catriona Futter, one of our authors.
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The Wonder of Women 24
God has created beautiful you with special life-giving gifts to fight in your small space in the world. by Rachel Holeman
Finding Your Target Community 26
When finding courage takes all the faith you’ve got. by Lisa Elliott
Releasing Your Grasp 36
Finding freedom in surrender. by Jill Briscoe
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365 Days into My Grief Journey 28
A new widow chronicles adjusting to life after the loss of her husband. by Connie Gochenaur
Creating Margin 30
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