by Emily Wierenga | Oct 8, 2013 | affirmation, devil, enemy, fight, lies, prodigal magazine, satan, spiritual battle, truth
I was at an eating disorders conference. There was a worship band and we were under a pavilion. It had been raining all day but it had cleared up and turned warm, and it was quiet there in the evening of Nashville, Tennessee.I would be speaking the next day and... by Emily Wierenga | Aug 13, 2013 | affirmation, dreams, famous, giveaway, God-sized dreams, holley gerth, housewife, self-esteem
I always thought God-sized dreams were big. But I had forgotten that God could fit inside a manger. I always wanted to be on TV, to be a news anchor, until my husband asked me why, and I realized it was because I wanted to be famous, because I’d never felt... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 12, 2013 | affirmation, baby, birth, children, faith, junkie, love, pregnancy, prodigal magazine
My nephew, Lucas, was born with two holes in his heart.He didn’t get to feel his mother’s arms holding him until two weeks after he was born, because he had open heart surgery and was hooked up to tubes that were saving his life.She held him for the...