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Hi – I’m Linda Graf. I wrote a book about my journey to freedom and abundant life, it’s called Bitter Truth: My Story of Bitterness, Grace and Repentance. Why? Because I was trapped in anger, self-pity and bitterness for years and didn’t know why or what to do about it. If you have similar struggles, I want to encourage you. There is hope, healing and freedom to be found in Jesus. Sign up to receive regular updates and my Forgiveness Cheat Sheet: 6 Things to Remember When You Can’t Get Past The Hurt.

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Living By Faith, Not Sight

by Linda Graf | Apr 24, 2020 | Being Thankful, Faith, Trusting God

But the Lord does provide for us, and here is proof in my life

What To Avoid During The Pandemic

by Linda Graf | Apr 4, 2020 | Being Thankful, The Transformed Mind, Trusting God

We are in unprecedented times here in the springtime of 2020. We wouldn’t have dreamed a year ago of a nationwide quarantine because of a worldwide pandemic. I believe our lives and culture will manifest permanent changes in years to come, just like our world after...

Pride Vs. Joy

by Linda Graf | Apr 14, 2019 | Believing Truth, Joy, The Transformed Mind

About twelve years ago our church had a ladies' retreat. I'm on the ministry team and I helped with planning and led the worship as I normally do. Our speaker's topic was joy. She told us God is a joyful God, that He has joy in us and desires for us to have His joy....

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Will I Trust God or Not?

My dear husband travels often for business, usually flying out several times a month. He has been doing this for years and I'm used to it. It's not a hardship for me, although it was more challenging when we had small children. I was thinking about this recently and...

How Can I Know God’s Will?

Have you ever felt paralyzed by indecision? When there are choices before you, how do you know what God's will is? I find it hard to know what's best, especially when the choices are all good things. Knowing God's will in any uncertain situation seems elusive and...

Thankless or Thankful?

One spring day we had a flood in our house. It wasn’t the basement, as so many have suffered through, but the upstairs bathroom. A drain pipe broke and water was pouring through the ceiling to the floor below. We caught it right away and my handy husband was able to...

The Foolishness of our Wisdom

I think I am pretty smart. Not a genius or anything, but I can analyze a problem and usually come up with a solution. If I can't, I know where to find someone who can. It's common sense, practical wisdom: how to survive in the world. Most people who grow to adulthood...

What’s Good Enough?

I'm reading through 2 Kings in my annual Bible reading plan. It's a history book, a listing of Israel's kings and the good and bad things they did. Many of Israel and Judah's kings were evil, but there were a few who acted rightly. Scripture, however, always qualifies...

When God’s Ways Don’t Make Sense To Us

Last year our Women's Ministry group did an excellent study on the book of Genesis. We used "The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis" by Nancy Guthrie, which I highly recommend. Here’s something that jumped out at me anew from these familiar stories. THE LINEAGE OF...

3 Things You May Not Know About Bitterness

Here are 3 things you may not know, if you have not been a student of bitterness. #1 It’s a secondary infection. Bitterness doesn’t just happen overnight. It settles in after we’ve had another ailment - like pneumonia settles in after a cold or the flu. The first...

Choosing To Be Offended…Or Not

Are you easily offended? I used to be. Thankfully I'm not as much anymore. What's the difference? I don't allow it as often. But you might say, "How can you choose not to be offended? What if you can't help it? Doesn't it just happen automatically?" I believe the...

The New Study Guide is Now Available!

Now Available on Amazon.com! The Bitter Truth Study Guide: 10 Lessons to Fight Bitterness.This is a Bible study to accompany my book Bitter Truth. I wrote it to be a more practical help to those who are tempted to bitterness. It explores anger, forgiveness, healing...

Funny Or Kind?

It's a new year and maybe you've made resolutions, or maybe just re-affirmed some you have made before. Many of us think about eating healthier and maintaining or starting an exercise regimen; some have financial or career goals. For the past decade I've been...