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Rachelle Antoine

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  • Grief Letters: Week 32, 5 Lessons from God & Grief

    Here’s what I have learned about God through my grief so far this year: 1.God deeply cares about every wound in you and wants to heal you I have been wrong to assume God wants obedience void of the heart’s condition. Its as if I imagined God wanting me to robotically do what he says… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 31, To My Father

    Psalm 68:5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. Dear Dad I am writing this letter to you because if I stood before you I don’t think I would be able to speak what I am about to write. I am not even sure what I am about… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 30, Grieving as a Recovering People Pleaser

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  • Grief Letters: Week 29, Meeting with God

    Psalm 84:10, For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Meeting God In this blog, I have learned a lot. But this past few weeks, I have been bogged down with a… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 28, The Grief of Running Away

    Proverbs 28:1 “ The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.“ Losing MArgin I haven’t written in the last 2 weeks and part of that is not because I can’t but I haven’t made space. So much is occurring and I realized I haven’t given myself enough space… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 27, The Grief of Never Being in a Relationship

    Proverbs 13: 12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life Week 7 of these grief letters, I wrote about singleness. In that blog, I go in depth how my background and cultural context affected my view of dating. That is a good article to read to understand… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 26,The Turning Point

    Luke 16:10 ” One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, one who is dishonest in a very little also dishonest in much.” The original word for hypocrisy came from the greek word “hypokrites” which means an actor or stage player. The actual greek word for hypocrite was actually made… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 25, Discoveries in Grief

    Acts 20:24, But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. Discovering Identity One thing that I have found interesting in… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 24 Releasing Grief

    Isaiah 43:19 Behold I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Be still & KNOw In the last few days, I have been given a clarity about what to do next. In my last post, I wrote about being in a unknown place and feeling the discomfort of… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 23, Grief Be Still

    Psalm 46:10, Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Have you ever been on a walk with no headphones? Just you surrounded by nature? I found myself taking a break from listening to an audiobook to just pause. I felt… Read.