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Challenging Hope...
Hope… It seems like a simple 4 letter word… We all hope for things deep within our hearts… But, then… Well what happens when what you...
Amanda Winder
Oct 11, 20172 min read
Free and Ungrateful...
My heart has been searching for a solution… For an answer… For a sign… For anything God or the universe might give me to help me move...
Amanda Winder
Sep 20, 20173 min read
Bye Religion...
If you know anything about me at all, then you know how I feel about religion… I hate it… It’s everything I hope to not reflect… It’s...
Amanda Winder
Sep 14, 20173 min read
After the Anger...
What happens when you realize the anger you’re feeling towards God is really just your misinterpretation of Him?.. That’s where I’ve been...
Amanda Winder
Sep 7, 20171 min read
Angry with God?..
Anger… How do I trudge through it with peace in my heart?! I really don’t know.. I definitely feel like I’ve been robbed of so much and...
Amanda Winder
Sep 3, 20172 min read
It's All Crumbling...
Over the past few weeks I’ve come in contact with so many people who’s worlds are crumbling to the ground… Everything they hold dear is...
Amanda Winder
Aug 6, 20173 min read
Year Three...
This time of year will come and go every year… For the rest of my life… And honestly, well it has gotten easier… But I wanted to share...
Amanda Winder
May 28, 20174 min read
The Follow...
The follow… What does that even mean?… Follow… But who are we following?… Why are we following Him?… How do we follow Him?… Since I was a...
Amanda Winder
Mar 22, 20172 min read
Are You Lit?..
“It’s gonna be lit!” These four words constantly tumble out of the mouth of a teenager I’m close too… Now, if you’re anything like me,...
Amanda Winder
Mar 15, 20172 min read
Cake Box Love...
Love… What is it?… We all crave it… We all innately need it in the core of our very being… Spirit, soul and body, we are longing for...
Amanda Winder
Mar 9, 20172 min read
Battle of Passion and Purpose...
Passion and purpose… Two things I’ve, at times, desperately searched to find… To make sense of… To discover within my own life… And I’ve...
Amanda Winder
Mar 4, 20172 min read
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
Created for Better?..
I want to inspire people… I want someone to look at me one day and say,”Because of you I didn’t give up”… This is my heart in so many...
Amanda Winder
Feb 22, 20172 min read
Closure...
Why is it so hard to walk away from something we love so much?.. Why did God place a heart inside of us that can so easily find the good...
Amanda Winder
Feb 18, 20172 min read
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
Intangible Gains..
“Life looks good on you… On all three of you”… This was a comment someone made to my family the other day… Now, if you know anything...
Amanda Winder
Feb 14, 20172 min read
Outrun by Fear?...
Why do we fear?… Why do we so casually choose to cultivate a heart of fear, rather than choose to cultivate a heart of love?… I do this...
Amanda Winder
Feb 7, 20172 min read
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
Alone and Lied To...
Since the age of 6, I’ve struggled with one core thing… The fear of being alone… Deep within the core of me, I began to believe a lie…...
Amanda Winder
Feb 3, 20172 min read
Just Walk...
If someone asked me “Amanda, what’s the biggest thing you struggle with today?”… I’d have to say my pace… Most of the time, my days and...
Amanda Winder
Jan 31, 20172 min read
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