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As I sit here getting ready to write the last She Found Joy devotional of 2020, there is so much I could share and talk about. It goes without saying there has never been another year quite like this one. I don’t think any of us could have foreseen what was around the corner when…

I could hear my sister and cousin plotting as we ran up the stairs to get ready for our annual Christmas Eve play. “Hey! You guys always get to be Mary … but I want to be Mary this year!” I yelled as I followed closely behind them. My sister turned around just in time…

Before I was saved, I went through 14 years of sickness that ended in critical care at the hospital. It all changed when I gave my heart to Jesus. He made me a brand new creation. Jesus told me: “Nancy, you are brand new, you have no reason to even consider the old identity or…

I woke up one morning 32 years ago with an awful pain I’d never experienced before. I did the usual thing that I did for any pain and took a couple of Tylenol or Advil whatever was on the shelf, thinking it would go away but the pain persisted throughout the day. At the time,…

“You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” C.S. Lewis Do you enjoy exploring historic neighborhoods? Back in early March, before COVID turned things upside down, I had a day to ramble around Charleston, South Carolina. It…

This is a story about waiting. Over Labor Day weekend, my husband whisked me down to Hilton Head, South Carolina for a quick little getaway. We hadn’t been on a solo vacation together for more than a year and a half, so you can imagine how overjoyed I was when he told me he’d booked…

“We must have a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19-20 Crown Prince Ludwig II became king of Bavaria at the ripe age of 18. He was enthralled with the pomp and privileges of…

Perish, spoil, fade. We meet up with these three terminal sounding words each day here in the land of the living. More so lately with these uncertain times. However, truthfully everything has an expiration date. I love fresh cut flowers on my dining room table. They put a smile on my face. Unfortunately, after a…