Author: Melissa Forster
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Something New
When I started writing in this space almost 5 years ago, I really had no idea what I was doing. I knew that I had words that were bubbling up inside me, and I knew that I needed to get them out. For years, we had prayed that God would lead us to a place […]
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It Was the Worst of Times
Contrary to how much I have used this space in 2021, I still really love to write. In fact, I have come to this space over and over again in the last several months starting drafts, but never finishing them. There are a lot of reasons why I haven’t finished many posts this year, but […]
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The Space We Hold
A few months ago, I read Jen Hatmaker’s book “Fierce, Free and Full of Fire”, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. In the book, Jen called me to live differently as she shared her story. Reading the book felt like a sweet invitation to live a full, vulnerable, bold, honest, full-hearted, […]
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Fourth Blogiversary
Last week, I quietly celebrated an anniversary… four years since I started this blog. A few weeks ago, when I started to think about what I would write about this anniversary, I went back and read the first words I ever posted in this space…. “In 2013, Hillsong United released a song called Oceans. The […]
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Broken Glass and Lost Brown Sugar
If you have been following me on social media, you know that I gave myself a completely made up writing challenge. The day I posted about starting the challenge I wrote “The rules don’t matter, the point is simply to write.” To ensure I would stick to the challenge, I picked out a number of […]
Lil Bit of Glimmer 