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Goodbye to the Pain I Didn't Want Uprooted
Have you ever followed Holy Spirit into an innocent, not so challenging opportunity but then found yourself faced with more challenges...
Amanda Winder
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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Disrespected and Devalued
“I guess… I felt, well I felt deeply disrespected and devalued.” That’s what I told Holy Spirit this morning as He attempted to peel away...
Amanda Winder
Mar 4, 20201 min read
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Sharp Objects
I had a dream about a month ago… I was standing in my living room and from the kitchen a dark figure was standing at my counter throwing...
Amanda Winder
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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How Did I Become Her?
The unpaved path is rough. It’s lined with more obstacles, transition, pain, sacrifice and cultivation than I ever signed up for. I...
Amanda Winder
Apr 2, 20192 min read
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The Color Process
Pain is temporary if we’re open to healing. Pressure is good if we allow it to shape us in a life-giving way. Growth…. Growth is...
Amanda Winder
Mar 30, 20192 min read
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Is It Fixed Yet?
I promised myself I’d pursue more of God’s love … I promised myself I’d pursue more of His love so the brokenness inside of me would mend...
Amanda Winder
Mar 7, 20191 min read
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Broken?
It might be a simple truth… But broken things can be moved. Broken things can be shaken, tossed and turned in several different...
Amanda Winder
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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I Cry
I laid in bed the night before last and wanted to cry because I felt so weak… So emotional… So caught in the chaos and frustration of...
Amanda Winder
Dec 22, 20181 min read
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Grown Up
“Ok… So here’s the plan: we’re gonna come home, help mom, sell the house and move on with our lives. This will take three months tops!” I...
Amanda Winder
Jul 6, 20182 min read
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Painless Days
Remember a few months ago when I said I was doing a lot of “off road following“ with God?.. Well, guess what?… We’re still “off road” and...
Amanda Winder
Jan 31, 20182 min read
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Time... A Healer?
I’ve heard it said at least a thousand times now, “Time… Time will help you heal from the death and great absence of your father.. Time...
Amanda Winder
Feb 27, 20172 min read
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Broken Comfort Zone..
Do you ever have those moments when you just want to shake life? Like literally pick it up shake it around and question why it’s acting...
Amanda Winder
Feb 15, 20171 min read
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Unwanted Soul...
There’s something incrediblely fascinating to me about feeling alone… I think it’s the reality that sometimes our experiences cause us to...
Amanda Winder
Feb 5, 20172 min read
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Maintaining Life, with the Lows...
What happens when you continue to feel your world, life as you once knew it, shaken?… Shaking… Because that’s exactly what mine continues...
Amanda Winder
Nov 22, 20162 min read
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Valley of Life...
What happens when you find someone in a valley of life?… And not only are they in a valley, they’ve decided to sit down and stay awhile...
Amanda Winder
Nov 17, 20162 min read
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Story and Identity...
Recently I sat asking myself questions about me… In the midst, there was a statement asking for a description of a life experience I’ve...
Amanda Winder
Aug 23, 20162 min read
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Year Two...
June 2nd can be a bad day… It can be a day filled with regret, loss, tears, sadness, a “poor me it’s not fair… I want my dad back”...
Amanda Winder
Jun 2, 20162 min read
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Seasonal Grief...
I’m in a place right now… A place that is full of grief… Yet full of excitement… Looking back, I’m grateful for the death of my dad and...
Amanda Winder
Jan 29, 20162 min read
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An Open Letter to My Father...
I feel like there’s so much to say… But at the same time I feel like there’s nothing to say… Because death still sucks… A lot… But then I...
Amanda Winder
Dec 18, 20152 min read
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Ring Regretfulness...
Being home means I am faced with reality… Meaning… I can’t ignore the fact that my dad is dead and my mom has been left with everything…...
Amanda Winder
Jul 11, 20154 min read
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