by Valerie Murray | May 30, 2025 | Blog, Facing Fear, Faith |
Are you facing a season of overwhelming struggle? Maybe you’re battling financial hardship, physical pain, or emotional turmoil that leaves you feeling unseen and isolated. A Woman’s Desperate Circumstances When hope feels distant, the story of the...
by Valerie Murray | May 16, 2025 | Blog, Facing Fear, Faith |
Have you ever reached a point where your soul just feels… tired? Not just physically tired, but emotionally worn down, spiritually stretched, and weighed down by life’s pressures? Maybe you’ve felt discouraged in your waiting.Maybe you’re carrying something...
by Valerie Murray | May 2, 2025 | Blog, Facing Fear, Faith, Parenting |
There are seasons in life when change stretches your heart like a rubber band—pulling, releasing, tightening again—and you’re left learning how to live between the letting go and the holding on. I’m in that season right now. My daughter just graduated from Grand...
by Valerie Murray | Mar 8, 2025 | Blog, Facing Fear, Faith |
Is It a Sin to Be Afraid? When someone in a position of authority tells me, “Do not,” my insides stand up straight and tall and salute military style. There must be some “rule follower” gene programmed into my DNA. So when I don’t understand the “how” of following a...
by Valerie Murray | Jan 4, 2025 | About, Blog, Faith |
As we step into a new year, the promise of renewal fills the air. For many, it’s a time of fresh beginnings, a moment to set intentions and realign with what matters most. But for those of us yearning for a deeper connection with God, 2025 is more than a calendar...
by Valerie Murray | Dec 16, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews, Facing Fear, Faith, Health and Fitness |
“Have you seen my keys, mom?” My normally chill 18-year-old son fumbled through my bathroom cabinets. I folded the corner page of the new book I was reading, Healing Rain, to help him mentally retrace his steps. My car was the last place he had them. The...
by Valerie Murray | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog, Faith |
How do you love someone well? How do you walk in the Spirit and not in your flesh? Did you know that when you become a Christian, you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit? God’s presence lives within every believer and empowers Christians to love others...
by Valerie Murray | Jul 23, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
The novel With Every Memory by Janine Rosche follows Lori Mendenhall after she returns home from the hospital, recovering from a traumatic brain injury from a car accident that also took the life of her teenage son, Austin. The brain injury wiped away her memory of...
by Valerie Murray | Jun 10, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
Stuff I’d Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee is a guided journal designed to help you be ruthlessly honest so you can see the real you hiding behind layers of self-protection. This book guides readers with questions, lists, charts, and illustrations to discover...
by Valerie Murray | Jun 4, 2023 | Blog, Book Reviews |
In Seven Secrets of the Spirit-Filled Life, author and theologian Jack Levison shares how to have a deeper, more powerful relationship with the Spirit. These seven secrets are outlined as sections in the book, with seven chapters in each part. Discover the Holy Spirit...
Hello there! I'm Valerie, a mom of four and wife of 27 years. My writing inspires others to cultivate courageous faith and find solace in trusting God, especially in moments of fear and uncertainty. Join me on this adventure as we explore the beauty of trusting God when we are afraid. 
