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January 6, 2019 by Robyn Dykstra

Is It Bad To Do Good Works?

Bridgett was on the brink of a breakdown because she could not say no to anyone. If someone needed a meal, she cooked it. If someone needed a ride, she drove them. If someone needed a place to stay, Bridgett housed them. If someone needed a babysitter, she was there with graham crackers and crayons.

To most people, Bridgett looked like the perfect representative of Christian faith.

But the ugly truth of it is that Bridgett didn’t want to say no to anyone. She knew the dark secrets in her past and she was sure that God was mad at her for the choices she’d made.

By providing a hand up or hand out, Bridgett was hands down trying to make up for what she’d done and pay back what was paid in full.

October 30, 2015 by Robyn Dykstra

My Elijah Moment

It has been quite a season for me! My first book, The Widow Wore Pink launched. I had lots of speaking engagements and God gave me inspired, transformative messages to share. I prayed and laughed and cried with women in cities all over the midwest.

It was wonderful.

Have you had a season like that, busy but beautiful?

God has moved or whispered or you have had a break through.
You are sure he must love you more than most.

Right after Elijah has one of the biggest God-moments in the Bible, we find him hiding in a cave, fearing for his life (see 1 Kings 19:1-9).

What?

Don’t judge. That happens to me.
A lot.
I have an encounter with God at an event.
I experience God’s presence and pleasure in worship.
I pray with a woman and she is set free!
I have a conversation with an event planner that’s a perfect fit for my talks.
My hair turned out perfectly. (remember, don’t judge)
Life is so good!

Then I get slammed.

October 7, 2015 by Robyn Dykstra

Remembering the First Day of School

Now an empty nester, I watch the school bus drive by my house filled with other mother’s children. While I do like my french fry & debris free car, a refrigerator from which food does not mysteriously disappear, and the peace and quiet that comes with this season, I’m reminiscing about the first day I took my oldest to school. This 20 year old bittersweet memory seems like yesterday. Maybe you can relate?

The wind blew hard today; it was a sign of the times.
A change of season in the weather and in our lives.

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September 10, 2015 by admin

From Wreckage to Redemption

September 10th is a big day at my house. It’s our redemption day.

It’s the day my Adventure Boy husband’s plane was located after weeks of searching for it. Our hope was that both Adventure Boy and the plane would be recovered safely and intact, but that isn’t what we found. A pilot error, a thunderstorm, and a dark mountain created a trifecta of disaster. Adventure Boy was found inside the crumpled wreckage.

He’d been killed on impact.

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