Author: Dawn Van Beck

Devotions

What Do I Do With All My Emotions?

Do you ever feel like standing on a chair and screaming, “Stop the world, I wanna jump off!”? Stress, fear, fatigue, shock, resilience, joy, disgust, anxiety, sadness, hope, and anger . . . all mixed up together. Are you feeling any of these emotions right about now? I am. While television networks continue to spew

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Devotions

Messy People Live Here!

“Knock, knock, knock.”  My heart racing, I scramble to look out the peep hole to see who is paying an unexpected visit. With a wild glance at my surroundings, my mind confirms obvious evidence that my house is in complete disarray. I whisper to myself, Messy people live here! Do you (like me) become instantly

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Devotions

The Shepherd Beside Us

Let’s talk sheep. Jesus talks a lot about sheep. Throughout most of the book of John, chapter 10, He speaks of sheep as an analogy for His people, His followers.

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It's Finally Here!
Ponderings

It’s Finally Here!

The. Book. Is. Here. It’s FINALLY here, Friends! The book I’ve been telling you about–the book which seemed like years to write is now published and has recently been released into the world.

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Devotions

If You Feel Left Out

Forgotten. Rejected. Unnoticed. Ignored. Uninvited. Feeling left out isn’t pretty. Recently battling a personal situation which tempted me to wander in social exile, voices from my past echoed in the corridor of my heart. The last chosen for the school sports team. The agony of not being asked to dance. Excluded from a party. Overlooked

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Ponderings

Join My Team!

  It’s ALMOST TIME to launch my new book, Deliver Me: Ditching Your Shame. Embracing God’s Freedom. I’d love for you to join my book launch team. “Just what is a launch team?”, you ask. Lemme tell ya!

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Ponderings

How to Find a Worthy Word

This past year felt like being awake during surgery. Ha! That was a recent meme I spotted, referring to 2024. I laughed out loud at first, but then my thoughts turned somber. Such a notion wasn’t too far from the truth. I thought it was just me, but grew to discover that tons of people

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Devotions

If You Need To Sit This One Out

“I can’t do Christmas!” Anxiety filled my voice and my lower lip protruded while I whined to my husband. Jeff scrunched his face, his eyes narrowing. “What do you mean, you can’t do Christmas?” Yeah, as soon as those words rolled out of my mouth, they sounded ridiculous to me too.

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Devotions

You Are Not Alone

Have you ever sat by yourself somewhere and thought, “No one around me has any idea what I’m going through?” Even if you were able to explain or describe all that was occurring, or what you were feeling, or how you were coping (or not coping), others just wouldn’t get it. Not really. You are

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Devotions

Do Your Thoughts Rule You?

  “We demolish arguments and every pretention that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”   — 2 Corinthians 10:5       I hear voices in my head. I hear them often. News flash—we ALL do! Our minds are filled with voices–thoughts—constantly competing for attention.

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