Author: Crystal Ridlon
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Praising God through the Psalms
Praising God with Psalms as I begin my week! I am especially thankful for God’s provisions and guidance in the life of myself and my family members! I can rejoice because of Jesus! My circumstances do not define my ability to have comfort, peace, or joy! I am thankful that the Lord still offers circumstantial…
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How To Deal With Life’s Uncertainty
Personally, I feel that uncertainty is the scariest aspect of life! In the midst of uncertainty, nothing feels certain or graspable, and the future is always completely unpredictable! The funny thing is that nothing in this world is ever certain… ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Over the last two years, our family has seen this ugly and hard…
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Started a new podcast!
Check out my podcast, Victorious Living Christian Counseling, on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/victoriousliving
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God’s Truths When You’ve Been Hurt
Amazing how Satan plans attacks when we’re already weakened. A family member, who I do not communicate with because she is quite toxic and full of anger, completely and out of the blue, for no reason at all sent me a FB message. This isn’t the first time this person has verbally assaulted me, in…
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Grandma’s Legacy
Thought I was ready to say goodbye. Years of watching you suffer made me cry. You told me you were ready. Month after month your balance grew more unsteady. Slowly, I watched your body decline. When we’d visit you were always on cloud nine. You provided plenty of love and wisdom. You were my greatest…
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Until I See You Again In Heaven
Tuesday, January 5th @ 7:24 p.m. my sweet grandmother crossed over into Heaven! I haven’t been able to post about her loss and my heart has been shattered. I’m still not quite ready to put into words exactly how I feel since her passing. Primarily, because a emptiness has causes a tremendous heaviness and pain…
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Happy New Year 2021
Happy New Year and welcome 2021! As I ponder the farewell of 2020, I am overcomewith emotion! An entire year is filled with abundant memories; Many positive and many difficult! The last 1 1/2 years our family has faced significant trials, trauma, heartache, transition, and many hardships. This all endured in the midst of Covid…
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Grieving During the Holidays
The past several days , with the holidays, I have been thinking a lot about my niece Catelyn! This time last year she had been in a coma for 4 months and we were beginning to say our goodbyes, as her body began failing. Her accident was life-changing for me… Seeing her the first time…
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Letting Go
This amazing man started a new job this week! He is working for Thrasher Foundation & Repair in Springfield. He traveled the first week and drove all over Missouri and Kansas and was gone for several days. It was so very hard for this momma to let her child go and I fought emotion the…
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Word Of Discernment; America We’re Headed For Dark Days
Americans, my heart has been troubled for several months over the direction our nation is headed. Sadly, we are taking for granted the freedoms we have in America! This is terrififying to me at the deepest level! I know the feeling of being trapped, helpless, scared, and controlled! Being imprisoned, trapped, helpless, unloved, and controlled…
The Flame Within 