Faith in God During Hard Times and Conquering Life’s Struggles

Unfortunately, life has not been rainbows and unicorns all the days of my life. I have struggled to have faith and trust God in hard times over the years, especially during the times that I felt like I experienced one hit or loss right after another.

Having faith in God during hard times is easier said than done. I can easily say I trust God, but to live that faith out is a challenge. It requires constant effort and recognizing when I’m putting me and my fears above God and what His manual says for my life.

This is blog is my journey. It’s about my heartaches and loss. It’s about finding hope and miracles in unlikely places, and it is about finding faith in the God of all creation. This is my story and I hope to encourage you in yours.

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Recent Posts About Faith in God During Hard Times

So Many Reasons Why I Love Plexus

by | April 22, 2020 | Focusing on Health | 0 Comments

I am a Plexus Ambassador I want to preface this by saying, yes, I am a Plexus ambassador and this is my own personal experience using several of the products that are available. Plexus is often-times misrepresented by some as weight loss products, and actually, many...
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5 Steps You Can Take When Everything is Falling Apart

by | April 13, 2019 | Changing My Attitude, Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss | 0 Comments

Sometimes a monkey wrench gets thrown into your world and completely messes life up as you know it. It leaves you spinning out of control, gasping for breath, and feeling like everything is falling apart. The heartache. The misery. The depression. The panic attacks....
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Releasing Your Grown Child to God

by | April 11, 2019 | Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss | 2 Comments

Let Go and Let God. The saying goes “Let go and Let God” and I’m not sure I have mastered that skill yet, especially when it comes to releasing my grown children to fly on their own. Although, I’m trying to be thankful despite my worries and despite my grief in this...
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12 Bible Verses for Hard Times

by | March 9, 2019 | Changing My Attitude, Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss | 0 Comments

Memories There are photos everywhere in my house. (Sure, there are many frames that still have the original "picture people" in them. Shhh! Don’t tell anyone my secrets. Ha! Most of my pictures are still digital and I admit that I’m challenged with indecision. There....
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5 Steps When You are Coping With the loss of a Father

by | August 20, 2018 | Grief and Loss | 0 Comments

Dear Grieving Daughter, Grieving the loss of a father is heartbreaking. My heart breaks for you. It truly does. I don’t know if you grew up with an absent father, if he passed away, or if he was the best father in the world but no longer on the planet. Whatever your...
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An Open Letter to Give you Hope Despite Hurt

by | May 16, 2018 | Changing My Attitude, Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss | 0 Comments

Dear Hurting Christian, My heart breaks for you right now, especially when you are struggling to find hope. I can’t imagine what it must be like to endure all that you have endured. Maybe your hurt comes from the loss of someone near and dear to you. Or maybe it was...
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The Forgotten Secret to Stop Bullying

by | March 16, 2018 | Changing My Attitude, Family Fun | 2 Comments

My heart hurts right now. When my 9-year old daughter came home from school the other day, I asked her how her day was. She replied that it “wasn’t too good” and she was sad. I asked her what had happened, and she followed up with, “I sat by myself at recess.” My...
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What Stops You From Reaching Your Goals? 5 Steps to Overcome Fear

by | March 11, 2018 | Changing My Attitude, Faith Over Fear, Overcoming Insecurity | 2 Comments

What Stops You? What obstacle do you allow to stand in your way from reaching your biggest goal? What stops you from changing in an area of your life that you struggle in, year after year? I could also ask this question in many other ways... What stops you from going...
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Top 10 in 2017: Most Popular Blog Posts on Sincerely Christi

by | January 9, 2018 | Faith Over Fear | 2 Comments

I'm so excited to share with you my most popular blog posts from 2017. These are posts that got the most pageviews, the most comments, pins, or messages to my email box. It's been fun looking through them and creating this list. And of course, it's...
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3 Steps You Need to Take for a Peaceful Blended Family

by | December 27, 2017 | Changing My Attitude, Family Fun | 2 Comments

Blended families are tough. I have had the pleasure of working with various couples over the last several years, and many of them were starting over in a blended family. Their kids were a combination of theirs, mine, and ours. As I listened intently to the couple...
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My Story of Faith in God During Hard Times

Part 3: Finding Hope When You are Angry at God

by | May 6, 2017 | Changing My Attitude, Faith Over Fear, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

As I look back over the years, I tend to focus in on particular days. Meaningful days. It’s not that the other days didn’t mean anything. Of course, they did. But as I’m thinking through the story of my firstborn son, I have to focus in and string the most important...
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Part 4: Finding a Miracle in the Midst of Hopelessness

by | May 20, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

The anxiety overwhelmed me as I got ready for my ultrasound appointment. Just moments ago, I was standing on my bed yelling and pointing my finger at God, and now I was in a heightened state of worry as I got ready to go. I could not find peace anywhere, and believe...
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Part 5: Naming Our Son Was an Act of Faith

by | June 3, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, My Story of Loss | 6 Comments

This pregnancy was such a troubling time in our life, especially as a newly married, young couple, but it was also a time that produced such faith, trust, and growth in our own personal walks with God. When doctors are telling you left and right that your baby may not...
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Part 6: Finding Thankfulness in an Imperfect Birth Story

by | June 22, 2017 | Changing My Attitude, Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

Every Momma loves to tell a good birthing story and this Momma is no exception. This one is a little different because I had a difficult pregnancy and the birth was imperfect, as well. But still ... it's just another opportunity to tell you that He is a faithful God,...
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Part 7: Finding Hope in the Midst of Heartache

by | August 9, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

The Day My Heartache Began For you, who have been following my series, my story, my testimony of who God has been in my life, I have to apologize that it has taken me quite a while to write about this next day, Finding Hope in the Midst of Heartache. Just being real...
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Part 8: My Heart Got Ripped Out but I Chose to Trust God

by | October 13, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

  *Disclaimer. This post is about my experience in the loss of my firstborn son. If you are looking for a happy post today, please go read about our trip to Disney World last year. 🙂 Even though this post is a more difficult one, I do hope you can find some...
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Part 9: I Prayed for Peace on the Day I Buried My Son

by | October 31, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

Grief is hard. The day we buried our son, Joshua Caleb, was a dismal, dreary day, at least from what I remember of it. Maybe that was just the way my heart felt when I look back on it. No. I looked it up. Historical weather data confirms my memory. Cool and slightly...
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Part 10: An Overwhelming Heartbreak in the Midst of Grief

by | November 7, 2017 | Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 0 Comments

Grief. Grief sucks. Really bad. I couldn’t imagine how my grief could get much worse or how in the world God would even allow more tragedy to strike my new family. But He did. This series is my story about the loss of my firstborn son and how my faith in God grew in...
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Part 11: Grief Took My Heart but Peace Captured My Soul

by | November 14, 2017 | Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 2 Comments

The day true peace came to me was a day just like any other, as I lived out my new life bound up by grief and loss. Yes, peace came in waves throughout the previous year, as there was both heartache and pain, but then miraculous intervention time after time. I just...
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Part 12: 25 Years Have Passed and God’s Goodness Abounds

by | November 21, 2017 | Faith Over Fear, Grief and Loss, My Story of Loss | 4 Comments

I've heard it said that our lives are kind of like a tapestry that is being woven. In the process of weaving, it looks like a giant mess of string wads. Yeah. Kind of like our lives sometimes. Where is God's goodness in my heartache? We never know what in the world...
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