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Rachelle Antoine

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  • Grief Letters: Week 40, Wrestling God & Questions

    Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[f]because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” 🌱 Moving Forward Sometimes grief is realizing the only thing holding you back is you. There’s something deeply moving about recognizing that you are the one in charge of your life — that… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 38, A Desire That Tarries

    Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord , and he will give you the desire of your heart When the Desire Still Remains Lately, I’ve desired marriage and kids. It’s no surprise to write this, as it’s something I’ve wanted for most of my life. However, I find myself struggling to pray about a future… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 37, The Grief of Ungratefulness

    1 Thessalonians 5:18, Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Reviewing my life You know that feeling when you’re new in a relationship — the anticipation, the excitement, the rush of dopamine from building something new and special? But as the relationship matures, things naturally… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 34, The Grief of the Bummer Lamb

    John 10:27-28  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. What’s A Bummer LAmb I am not sure how I came across learning about the bummer lab. But while… Read.

  • 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 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 17, Good Grief

    Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of face the heart is made glad. So often grief has been in my eyes a negative thing. yet, as the above verse notes it is for some good- for it makes the heart glad. In my last post, I wrote about godly grief… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 15, The Grief of The War I Wage

    Romans 7:21-23 So I find it to be a law, that whenI want to do right, evil lies close at hand.For I delight int he law of God in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law… Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 9, The Grief for the Lost

    Romans 10:1-2 ” Brothers My hearts desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.” First Some Context Paul is known as an apostle called by God to share the gospel to Gentiles. Gentiles are… Read.