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When Surrendering Is the Breakthrough We Need {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

I once wrote about starting the new year with hands wide open ready to receive what God has to offer. I’d realized I’d spent too much time gripping tightly the things of the past while missing out on the here and now. Not to mention the future.

If we imagine our hands filled to capacity and fists tightly clenched around the objects of our current desire, can we also imagine how difficult it would be to add something better if it came along? It would require putting something down – surrender...

The Kind of Love That Heals What Is Broken {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

What is better – to continue to love but risk the ache from the bitter slashes of hurt and betrayal or build a wall of steel and never love deeply again?

To risk love or not ... when loving well isn't easy we need the kind of love that heals the broken. #SurrenderedHeartsBook #Godslove @LetHerBeGreater
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Early in my life, like so many of us, I learned about the sting of rejection and careless words. That sting took a toll on my heart and affected me emotionally for many years. E...

The Surrendered Hearts Book Releases Today! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

National Adoption Month and Surrendered Hearts

For those of you who have been on this journey with me for awhile, you know today is release day! You’ve been our prayer warriors and cheerleaders along the way and I couldn’t have done it without you. But if you are new here, today is a big day in the Schumaker family!

Today is a big day in the Schumaker family! Surrendered Hearts releases! It's a full circle moment. Get your copy today! #SurrenderedHeartsBook #Adoption #NationalAdoptionMonth
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Even When You Feel God Is Not There {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. -Romans 8:38-39 NLT

It seemed that every obstacle possible presented i...

When Discouragement Threatens Your Hope {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

Hope. What would you label it? An emotion? An attitude? A way of thinking?

We all have moments or seasons in this life where discouragement settles in and hope loses ground. I know I’ve been there before and I’m quite sure I’ll experience it again.

We all have moments or seasons in this life where discouragement settles in and hope loses ground. But it's not a place I want to stay ... What about you? #surrenderedheartsbook #hope
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It’s a battle we fight every time we wait.

Our th...

17 Things Adoption Has Taught Me About Loving Well {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

The little black ringlets of hair curling round her rosy cheeks and dark brown eyes captured my heart at first sight. It’s a moment I’ll never forget. As the tears came out of nowhere and my heart exploded, it was instantaneous. Somewhere in that place a Mama feels the deepest of emotions, I knew she was ours. God had shown me the little girl He’d hand-picked for us halfway across the world.

It was love.

A love that seemed surreal — but one I knew was a gift. I just wouldn’t understand the...

My 2018 Book Recommendations for Living an Inspired Life! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

Although it has been a busy year and I haven’t been able to read nearly as many books as I normally love to read, I have come across some favorites! I wanted to dedicate posts to each of these titles, but God still hasn’t seen fit to either give me more hours in a day or more days in a week!

So today I am sharing with you my book recommendations for 2018. There’s variety here. From memoirs to bible studies and devotionals, these books will bless, encourage, and lift you up as you walk throu...

Why Do We Pray? And Other Big Questions! {#MomentsofHope Link-Up}

My mom would sit alongside me as I lay tucked in my bed. Each night she would pull out one of my two favorite children’s Bibles and with her beautiful German accent, read a story to me. Then, together we would pray the Children’s Prayer.

Now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Guard me Jesus through the night and

Wake me with the morning light.

Then we would close thanking God for our blessings and asking Him to care for those we love and those who are hurting.

It’s a me...