Devotionals
Devotionals | Susan Honey Williams, Christian Author/Blogger | Faith & Encouragement | Creative Inspiration
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The Path Toward Forgiving Yourself
If you’re struggling with an inability to forgive yourself, The Path Toward Forgiving Yourself will provide some helpful insight. “How do I forgive myself?” This is one of the most common questions that women ask, and one I’ve struggled with myself. As I’ve walked through my comeback journey, forgiveness has been essential for healing — especially self-forgiveness. However, that doesn’t mean it is always easy. Our Sins Belong to Jesus It helped me to understand that Jesus paid for our sins with His suffering and death, so our sins — once confessed — no longer belong to us: they belong…
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Rediscover God’s Love: Draw Near
Draw Near is a devotional that will help you reflect on what it means to draw near to God which is especially significant during the Christmas holiday season. There was a time in my life when I believed God had abandoned me. I remember thinking, “If you love me, God, why did these things happen?” I questioned God’s love because I believed His justice had failed me. The wounds I carried were deep. My heart grew cold, and I pulled away. My passion for God began to dim. The fire had gone out. Sometimes our loss of passion comes through…
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Devotional: Free from the Prison of Shame
One day when I was praying, God spoke to my heart and showed me that I was still carrying a lot of shame because of things I had done in my past – and things that had been done to me. Shame was causing me to hide parts of myself. I projected a false image of someone who was confident and self-assured when I was anything but. Shame Causes Us to Hide Deep inside, I was a woman who didn’t love herself and had come to believe that she was unworthy of love from God and others. I feared that…
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Devotional: Through the Eyes of Love
While leading a Bible study group, years ago, I sent the women home with an assignment. I asked them to reach out to at least five friends or family members–people they knew and not just casual acquaintances. They were to ask each person the same question: “List three positive words that describe something about me.” Some women were bashful about asking this question even when they believed the answers would be favorable, while others were curious about what others might say. We had a light-hearted discussion about the possible words that would be used, and everyone was excited to return…
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Encouragement: Reach!
This word of encouragement titled “Encouragement: Reach!” is one that I received on November 19, 2024. The Bible verses below will provide additional insight. I pray that this word will bless and encourage you! ~ Susan “Honey” Williams New heights, new heights. New freedom. You will encounter Me in new ways. Hunger and passion for Me will propel you forward. Reach! Reach! Reach! My outstretched arms are here for you. I am a proud Father. Isaiah 40:30-31 NIV: “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their…
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Devotional: God Bless the Fleas
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” ~ I Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV I read The Hiding Place [paid link] by Corrie Ten Boom over thirty years ago. The book impacted my life so much that I remember much of it today. If you have not heard of her, Corrie took part in the Danish resistance when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in the 1940s. She and her father and sister were devout Christians. Their home became a sanctuary for persecuted Jews to hide and avoid capture or worse.…
