Amy Riordan's Blog, page 2

Changes Are on the Way!

I have an exciting update! This past year has been such a different one for me. I came to a crossroads several months ago that I knew was coming. I just didn’t know what it would look like or which direction I would go when I got there. As my kids (teenagers) are getting a...

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Breaking Free from Sexual Strongholds

As a woman who once wrestled with sexual strongholds, I dealt with so much shame and had no idea how to tell anyone what I was wrestling with. I thought I was alone. Since sharing my story and listening to the stories of many other women throughout the years, I now know I was far from alone....

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Encouragement for Hard Seasons

Here I was, standing at the base of Grand Teton National Park. Surreal is a perfect word to describe how it felt to be there. Just a few minutes earlier, I rode the boat across Jenny Lake with my dad, brother, and several others who evidently also wanted to get an early start to their...

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Encouragement for Hard Seasons: Notice the Beauty Along the Way

Here I was, standing at the base of Grand Teton National Park. Surreal is a perfect word to describe how it felt to be there. Just a few minutes earlier, I rode the boat across Jenny Lake with my dad, brother, and several others who evidently also wanted to get an early start to their...

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Encouragement for Hard Seasons: Noticing the Scenery Along the Way

Here I was, standing at the base of Grand Teton National Park. Surreal is a perfect word to describe how it felt to be there. Just a few minutes earlier, I rode the boat across Jenny Lake with my dad, brother, and several others who evidently also wanted to get an early start to their...

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One Step at a Time

When we reached the other side of the lake and stepped off the boat, a wave of fear immediately hit me. I heard that old, familiar voice that had been taunting me for so long. “You can’t do this. Who do you think you are?" You won’t make it.” You see, just a year earlier...

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I Thought My Life Was Over

On July 3, 1999, I thought my life was over. That was the day my previous husband moved out. We had only been married less than a year, and it was already over. Divorce was not an uncommon reality in my family, by any means, but I was determined to never join the “divorced” club. That...

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When You’re Fighting That Same Temptation (Again)

Do you have a certain temptation that you have been continually fighting? Maybe you have been renewing your mind and doing your best to resist that temptation, but it hasn’t helped. What words do you internally rehearse when you find yourself repeatedly fighting temptation in this area? It may be something you have been dealing...

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Are You Building the “Ark” God Called You to Build?

We drove to Kentucky to go to the Ark Encounter a couple of days ago. I thought it would be good for the kids to see. So often we can grow up learning bible stories that stay as almost fairytale-like stories in our minds. I thought this trip would help to make everything more realistic...

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Shame is a Liar

Shame. Every once in a while it sneaks up on me again out of nowhere. The other morning was one of those times. I had coffee with a friend who designed my book cover, and I had a copy of the book with me to give her. I tried to pay for her coffee, but...

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