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Continue reading →: Luck? Accident? Coincidence? Nope. God!If you start paying attention, you will see it. Not once.Not twice. Everywhere. The conversation that came at exactly the right moment.The door that closed—and later you realized it saved you.The opportunity you never pursued… and yet it found you anyway. The strength you didn’t have yesterday, but somehow have…
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Continue reading →: Surrender HopelessnessDo Not Fear. Only Believe. “But Jesus on hearing this answered him, ‘Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.’”Luke 8:50 Hopelessness does not usually arrive all at once. It comes quietly. A slow realization.A door that does not open.A situation that does not improve.A prayer that does…
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Continue reading →: About True LoveThere are lots of opinions and definitions of what real love is. From my vantage point, though, the only opinion I care about is God’s opinion. And the only reliable way to know what God’s opinion is through His word, the Bible. I hope you won’t be surprised when I…
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Continue reading →: The Freedom of No Longer Explaining YourselfThere is a strange kind of freedom that comes when you stop trying to explain your life to everyone else. “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”Exodus 14:14 (ESV) Recently I realized something beautiful: my nervous system finally believes me when I say that…
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Continue reading →: “Be Safe!”There is a phrase that has quietly replaced “Have a nice day” in our culture: “Be safe!” People say it kindly. They mean well. I don’t correct them. I don’t roll my eyes (usually). But among a few close friends, it has become… a running joke. My friends know I…
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Continue reading →: From Collapse to Abiding: Learning to Rest in the VineBefore I knew Christ, I belonged to sin and death. I lived under their rule, whether I understood that or not. And in that life, I did not handle pain well. When suffering came, I: I had no refuge — only escape. Then God called my name. Not merely to…
Hello,
I’m Victoria
Welcome to my surrendered life. I’m sharing my journey as I learn how to live in the freedom that comes from surrendering fully to Christ. Each day the Lord teaches me new ways to see that His way is better.
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