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Joy Petroelje

Joy Petroelje serves as the grants manager for a faith-based international nonprofit organization. Aside from work, she enjoys family time, coffee or dinner with friends, writing, reading, and running.
Devotionals

Comforted and Comforting

Read: Psalm 91 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. (v. 4) Psalm 91 is such

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Broken, Not Bound

Read: Psalm 51 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (v. 17) In 2004, the country music group Rascal

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Lonely, but Not Alone

Read: Psalm 25 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. (v. 16) For many of us, full or partial isolation from those outside our

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The Shepherd We Know

Read: Psalm 23 For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and look after them.” (Ezekiel 34:11 NASB) While at a store with my

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Heart Check

Read: Psalm 141:1-5 See if there be any hurtful way in me. (Ps. 139:24 NASB) Constructive criticism is intended to provide helpful insight that inspires the recipient towards development and

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Potholes

Read: Psalm 142 Give heed to my cry, for I am brought very low. (v. 6 NASB) In the Midwest of the United States, we enjoy the luxury of four distinct

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Refreshed

Read: Psalm 107:1-9 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! (v. 1) A late summer look out my dining room window to

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Tears in the Dark

Read: Psalm 30 Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. (v. 5 NIV) It usually isn’t good for me to wake up in the middle of

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God’s Voice, All around Us

Read: Psalm 29 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. (v. 4) Director Tom Beard’s 2021 documentary, The Year Earth Changed, provides

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