These Dry Bones
Pain, Marriage Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell Pain, Marriage Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell

These Dry Bones

Do you ever feel like you walked into the valley of daily life and struggles and the heat feels as if it is burning your flesh off? The heat of hurt, rejection, fear, loneliness, job loss, financial burdens, broken marriage, loss of hope? Do you feel that if you don’t get relief soon you will just be a mere skeleton of yourself...all your flesh stripped off?

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My World Went Dark…
Heaven, Jesus, Pain, Joy, Child loss, Mourning, Hope, Grief, Children Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell Heaven, Jesus, Pain, Joy, Child loss, Mourning, Hope, Grief, Children Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell

My World Went Dark…

In Memory Of The First Son To Ever Hear My Heartbeat

Christopher Parrish Barrow

The day you were born was filled with hope and joy. Hope for my future at the young age of 18 and hope for yours.

My world went dark March 21, 2016.

I can feel the anxiety and panic in the air as it rises up in my body. I vacillated between knowing something was terribly wrong and hope.

I ache to hold you. My tears still spill unexpectedly.

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When A Goat Crosses Your Path
Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell

When A Goat Crosses Your Path

Until the return of Christ there will be goats in our life that will try to cause division and destruction. When betrayal and hurt comes, don’t forget that YOU ARE A SHEEP, saved by God’s amazing grace, and when the the Lord separates the goats from the sheep, you WILL inherit the kingdom prepared for you.

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Broken People Hurt People
Friendship, Relationships Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell Friendship, Relationships Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell

Broken People Hurt People

I found myself standing in the middle of my living room with tears streaming down my face. The reality of living life here in a broken world is that broken people hurt people. We may not see or understand God’s ways, but leaning into His ways are always better for us than ours. He knows hearts that are healthy for us and hearts that are not.

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