Author: Crystal Ridlon
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Where’s Your Boat?
This Christian counselor saw a Christian counselor today and she pointed me towards the hope found in God’s word. Everyone needs a counselor from time to time, especially counselors! She spoke truth to my heart in areas where I have been intermittently tempted to worry! She reminded me of the importance of self-care! How funny…
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The Mountaintop Experiences Sustain Us When Life Gets Hard
I love this memory! God blessed us with a trip to Europe, just the two of us the summer of 2019! What a blessing! So grateful for the trip of a lifetime! A gift God so graciously lavished on us! I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was a gift meant to sustain…
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Be Joyful Anyway
I miss my grandmother’s sweet grin! I grew up seeing this grin every time I was around her! Everytime I called I heard joy in her voice when she heard my voice on the other end. This is her look of “I love you! I’m so proud of you! You make my life a better…
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Raising Teenagers to Be Strong in their Faith
Driving home from church this evening with Robby and Daniel, I was blessed with such great conversation! I cherish the moments when my teenagers open up about “real stuff” and allow me to see their heart! Daniel is naturally a complete introvert and rarely opens up about heart matters. Tonight he shared that the school…
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An Antidote to A Nation In Trouble; God Has The Answer
The direction of our nation is terrifying! Can’t believe what people are fighting for… America is the home of the free! What will America look like when those fighting with impure motives win the battle? Scary to think about! What are you fighting for? Be very careful the battles your fighting, you have to live…
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God is Everywhere; He’s Ever-Present in All of Life’s Storms
God speaks in repetition and the message I keep hearing through scripture, the Holy Spirit, and by spiritual mentors and friends… Is, “Bad things happen! Life is hard! God has never promised he would remove the storms, but that He’d walk through every single storm with us!” God is everywhere… EVERYWHERE! In our homes, offices,…
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Trauma Changes Us: How a Traumatic Illness Changed Me and My Family Forever
Part I “Trauma Changes Us Forever: How a Series of Traumatic events Changed Me Forever” True transparency for a moment. Rest assured, I am not sharing my story for sympathy. I’m sharing to reach the heart’s of others who may find themselves on a similar dark, frightening, and taunting journey! The past 2 years have…
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Blessings In The Midst of Raging Storms
“Blessings in the Midst of The Raging Storms” It is so easy to take for granted the MOST precious gifts of life! Sitting in this airplane flying away from my family, I ponder how very blessed I am! In fact, I am reminded in the quietness with God the abounding and overwhelming blessings He’s bestowed…
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Choosing Faith Over Fear
My heart is breaking today for a fellow mother of a child enduring the MIS-C nightmare, not once but now a second time. This is every parent and child with MIS-C’s worse nightmare. That MIS-C may reoccur and to see the data being made in real life is unsettling! It is a relatively new condition…
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Finding Joy In The Trials
This little girl is getting her heart checked to ensure it’s healthy and doing well since the MIS-C diagnosis. She’s a trooper! She’s happy, confident, joyful, and tough! Right before having her heart tests, she asked me if she could have some of my coffee. I’m like … “Ummm.. no!” Caffeine before heart tests is…
The Flame Within 