How Much Should I Give… #GivingTuesday

by rachelrains // December 3, 2019 // No Comments

The holiday season is a time when we think about giving… Especially, nowadays, with #GivingTuesday! But how much should we give… The woman with the oil gave all she had!? ************************* Five years ago, I issued the very first Love... Continue reading →

Learning Trust, Finding Gratitude… and Counting it all Joy!

by rachelrains // November 26, 2019 // No Comments

With a heart exceedingly full of GRATITUDE is how I’m planning to celebrate this season of Thanksgiving… I’m grateful for answered prayers! Some of which were decades in the making… And as someone currently walking out of a desert season... Continue reading →

How to Love Others… {Mr. Roger’s Style}

by rachelrains // November 21, 2019 // 2 Comments

This past summer as I was leaving church one Sunday morning, out of nowhere, I had the thought “I wonder if Mr. Rogers knew what he was doing when he wrote the song “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” My suspicion... Continue reading →

To LOVE, or Not To Love!?

by rachelrains // October 17, 2019 // No Comments

The Christian life really comes down to this “to LOVE, or not to love!?”* God IS love… and God commands us as His children, his fruit-bearers – if you will, to love! Our sole responsibility as Christ Followers is to... Continue reading →

#theLoveChallenge

by rachelrains // October 10, 2019 // No Comments

The Love Challenge is growing up y’all… Not only does #theLoveChallenge have a new logo, in just a few, short days, I am attending my first writer’s conference to begin the process of pitching and publishing The Love Challenge as a... Continue reading →

Promise for the Journey…

by rachelrains // August 29, 2019 // No Comments

At the age of eighteen, God gave me a promise. A dream – if you will. A dream for my life’s purpose and a promise for my future. Thirty-two years have come and gone and, finally, the ‘big reveal’ has... Continue reading →

H O P E . . . (on a Starbucks run)

by rachelrains // July 24, 2019 // No Comments

My husband has a favorite road. It is right here in Nashville proper (where we live) and just an easy ten minutes from downtown. Each time we go to the grocery store, make a Starbucks run, or have a small... Continue reading →

Evil, Self-Serve, and a Holy Juxtaposition…

by rachelrains // July 1, 2019 // 2 Comments

Through the ages, so much thought and emphasis has been placed on answering the question “Does God really exist?” And “Is Heaven real?” But seldom have we asked “Where does evil come from?” Most of the time, we barely acknowledge... Continue reading →

A Lesson in Love (and Humility)

by rachelrains // April 15, 2019 // No Comments

Recently, a woman requested not only a good definition for love but, also, she asked “What does it (actually) mean to love people…?” To really, truly love (people) is to love the way God loves! And God loves relentlessly with... Continue reading →

The Gift

by rachelrains // March 22, 2019 // No Comments

I have always loved this meme. It’s simplicity in truth is profound. As I grieve the closing doors in my life, I’m reminded of this visual. An illustration of a child of God clutching ‘the Gift,’ too afraid to let... Continue reading →