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Rachelle Antoine

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  • Grief Letters: Week 52, Grievances of My Mother

    Exodus 20:5b–6 “…punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” I was recently listening to voice messages I had sent to a friend earlier this year. In Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 51 — For Lack of Discipline

    Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid. The Meat of It I was sitting in Bible study as one of the men was sharing. On his lap lay his Bible, opened to Proverbs 12:1. As I read that verse, I was stunned. You see, I haven’t been very disciplined in Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 48,The Man I Ran From: How the Holy Spirit Revealed the Root of My Insecurity

    Proverbs 19:3 — A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord. I have been running for a long time.Running from my calling. Running from what I desire. Running from what feels difficult.Running has become so familiar that it feels natural—even when I’m running from the very things I long Read.

  • Grief Letters :Week 47,Hope Cries Out

    Romans 2:5  And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. HOPE CRIES OUT Hope has been calling out to me lately. It’s been beckoning me to believe—to stop dwelling on negative things and instead take hold of hope. Read.

  • Grief Letters : Week 46, Why Me?

    Psalm 10:17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear My PSALM, a lament of the aFFLICTIONS OF my SOUL How Long O Lord? Why have you forgotten me Why are you so far away from my time of trouble? Why must I be Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 45, The Grief of Change

    Ecclesiastes 7:3,“Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. Shifting Towards Change I’ve been a Christian for over 15 years, and somehow I’ve never read the Bible cover to cover. For the longest time, that felt like a failure on my part. I always felt like I should be farther Read.

  • Grief Letters:Week 44,New Wine & New Seasons

    Matthew 9:17 “Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” Today I watched a video that hit me with unexpected conviction. The speaker said, “Procrastination is assuming Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 43, All Things Work Together

    Romans 8:28, And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. An Awakening Last week, I wrote about an awakening in me — about God waiting for me to live the life He had planned all along. Looking back, I think that’s Read.

  • Grief Letters: Week 42, An Awakening

    1 Samuel 2:8, “The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.7 The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. Raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. What if I am exactly who Read.

  • 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.