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Christian Singles
February 13, 2020February 13, 2020  by Radhika Cruz

What do romance novels and pornography have in common?

The media has saturated our culture (and in turn our minds) with sexual messages that influence our behavior and pollute our hearts.

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Single
October 4, 2019November 1, 2019  by Radhika Cruz

Being Single. Being Sexual. And Searching for Wholeness.

Are you a Christian single who struggles with sexual purity? Do you find yourself “falling” into sexual sin repeatedly?  Is your mind consumed with thoughts of sexual intimacy with others?  Well. You’re not alone in your struggle my friend. 

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I recently learned that some seeds are fire-activated.🔥

They are not like every other seed. They carry within them a particular design, a capacity to remain dormant until they encounter the intense heat of fire. What looks like destruction becomes, for that particular seed, an awakening. The heat melts what has sealed it shut, breaks its dormancy, and creates the conditions for new growth.

Grief can be like that.

Grief is a kind of fire. It burns through the life we knew, changes the landscape, and leaves behind things we never expected to lose. But maybe there are parts of us, seeds of compassion, courage, wisdom, empathy, creativity, faith, and purpose, that couldn’t have activated in the same way without passing through the fire.

Not every seed responds to fire.
And not every person responds to grief in the same way.

But maybe God has placed certain seeds within us that are fire-activated. Parts of our calling and character that remain dormant until life takes us through something we would never have chosen.
But somehow, in the ashes, something that was already within us can awaken.

The tragedy may have changed the landscape, 
but it does not have to have the final word about what grows there.

Maybe grief doesn’t just ask, “What have I lost?”
Maybe, in time, it also asks, “What has been awakened in me?”

And maybe that is part of what it means to steward sorrow…
to allow God to take what has been burned and cultivate from it something that can bring life, comfort, beauty, hope and healing to someone else. He does give beauty for ashes after all.
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I recently learned that some seeds are fire-activated.🔥 They are not like every other seed. They carry within them a particular design, a capacity to remain dormant until they encounter the intense heat of fire. What looks like destruction becomes, for that particular seed, an awakening. The heat melts what has sealed it shut, breaks its dormancy, and creates the conditions for new growth. Grief can be like that. Grief is a kind of fire. It burns through the life we knew, changes the landscape, and leaves behind things we never expected to lose. But maybe there are parts of us, seeds of compassion, courage, wisdom, empathy, creativity, faith, and purpose, that couldn’t have activated in the same way without passing through the fire. Not every seed responds to fire. And not every person responds to grief in the same way. But maybe God has placed certain seeds within us that are fire-activated. Parts of our calling and character that remain dormant until life takes us through something we would never have chosen. But somehow, in the ashes, something that was already within us can awaken. The tragedy may have changed the landscape, but it does not have to have the final word about what grows there. Maybe grief doesn’t just ask, “What have I lost?” Maybe, in time, it also asks, “What has been awakened in me?” And maybe that is part of what it means to steward sorrow… to allow God to take what has been burned and cultivate from it something that can bring life, comfort, beauty, hope and healing to someone else. He does give beauty for ashes after all.
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Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛 My sweet Janae. @colouremedy Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me. As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years. The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. And so, even through the ache of missing you, I choose gratitude. You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration. So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom. And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love. Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me. Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae. To be continued… 🤍✨ I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛 My sweet Janae. @colouremedy Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me. As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years. The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. And so, even through the ache of missing you, I choose gratitude. You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration. So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom. And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love. Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me. Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae. To be continued… 🤍✨ I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
Happy National Daughter’s Day
to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛
My sweet Janae. @colouremedy 

Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me.

As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, 
I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom
and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years.

The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. 
And so, even through the ache of missing you, 
I choose gratitude.

You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration.

So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom.

And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love.

Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me.

Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae.
To be continued… 🤍✨

I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
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Happy National Daughter’s Day to my one and only daughter in Heaven. 🤍💛 My sweet Janae. @colouremedy Your life was, continues to be, and always will be a gift to me. As much as I ache that I cannot hold you here, I am infinitely grateful that I got to be your mom and that God entrusted your beautiful life to us for 27 precious years. The only thing that could have been worse than losing you would have been to never have had you at all. And so, even through the ache of missing you, I choose gratitude. You were a gift from God, and into His loving arms you have returned. I know that this separation is not the end of our story. It is only a pause, a season before restoration. So today, I celebrate your life, your love, your light, and the gift of being your mom. And I am especially grateful for the promise that one day, we will have eternity to share in life together again. No more goodbyes. No more grief. Just restoration, reunion, and everlasting love. Until then, I’ll keep loving you, remembering you, and carrying the gift of your life and love with me. Happy Daughter’s Day, my sweet Janae. To be continued… 🤍✨ I know that “Nothing irredeemable has happened to us or can happen to us on {my} way to {my} destiny in God’s full world. Irredeemable harm does not befall those who willingly live in the hand of God.” ~ Dallas Willard
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Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. 
One of my favorite art museum exhibits.
 @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice
@gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. 
One of my favorite art museum exhibits.
 @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice
@gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. 
One of my favorite art museum exhibits.
 @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice
@gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. 
One of my favorite art museum exhibits.
 @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice
@gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. 
One of my favorite art museum exhibits.
 @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice
@gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
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Monet and Venice with my favorite guys. One of my favorite art museum exhibits. @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice @gardensofgoldengatepark #sanfrancisco2026
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We ALL would LOVE for God to choose us 🙋🏽‍♀️
to steward great wealth and influence for His glory … 
Am I wrong?

BUT what about when God chooses you 
to steward great loss, great pain and great sorrow? 
Would you LOVE that⁉️
Would you want to be chosen to steward any of that? 

This is where I’m at right now…13 months later.
Asking God for His grace and wisdom 
on how to best steward this pain and sorrow
that He ultimately chose for me to receive.

I’m still dumbfounded that God chose this for me.
And I’m still learning that there are many many layers to my acceptance and my surrender. 

And yet—through it all— 
through my tears, 
my dumbfoundedness, 
my bewilderment 
and my heart break..
I still choose to TRUST God with the mystery of it all.
I trust His wisdom. His goodness. His plan. 

At one time, those who witnessed Jesus’s death on the cross saw it as the worst thing that could ever have happened. But we know it was THE BEST THING that ever happened. It was a gift. The gift of eternal life. 

There are still times when my mind thinks Janae Cruz’s death was the worst thing that has ever happened in my life.
BUT—-
One day—- I will fully understand all the ways it was the BEST thing that could’ve happened for her—and for me. 
One day, maybe I will know how it was a gift. 

After all, the Bible tells us that 
being absent from our bodies
means we are present with God.
How is that not a gift for those who are in Christ?
How is that not THE BEST thing that could happen?
Call me crazy. But that’s what I believe. 💛

What about YOU?
What experience (that you NEVER would’ve chose)..
is God asking you to steward for His glory and for the service and benefit of others? 

Let me know in the comments below 💬
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We ALL would LOVE for God to choose us 🙋🏽‍♀️ to steward great wealth and influence for His glory … Am I wrong? BUT what about when God chooses you to steward great loss, great pain and great sorrow? Would you LOVE that⁉️ Would you want to be chosen to steward any of that? This is where I’m at right now…13 months later. Asking God for His grace and wisdom on how to best steward this pain and sorrow that He ultimately chose for me to receive. I’m still dumbfounded that God chose this for me. And I’m still learning that there are many many layers to my acceptance and my surrender. And yet—through it all— through my tears, my dumbfoundedness, my bewilderment and my heart break.. I still choose to TRUST God with the mystery of it all. I trust His wisdom. His goodness. His plan. At one time, those who witnessed Jesus’s death on the cross saw it as the worst thing that could ever have happened. But we know it was THE BEST THING that ever happened. It was a gift. The gift of eternal life. There are still times when my mind thinks Janae Cruz’s death was the worst thing that has ever happened in my life. BUT—- One day—- I will fully understand all the ways it was the BEST thing that could’ve happened for her—and for me. One day, maybe I will know how it was a gift. After all, the Bible tells us that being absent from our bodies means we are present with God. How is that not a gift for those who are in Christ? How is that not THE BEST thing that could happen? Call me crazy. But that’s what I believe. 💛 What about YOU? What experience (that you NEVER would’ve chose).. is God asking you to steward for His glory and for the service and benefit of others? Let me know in the comments below 💬
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