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Melissa G Pickens

Melissa G Pickens

Bravely face your pain until it becomes a pearl.

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Who I am, and why I want to help you.

I am no stranger to pain and suffering. From my own childhood trauma of various kinds, to parenting children of trauma from an accident resulting in over eight years of reconstructive surgeries, to church hurt, to personal losses. But these things are not my identity. Not even close.

Pain is universal and inescapable. For most of life, I have found the world's and the church's reaction to pain bewildering. Both come up short too often, causing us to lose hope. We are often met with every well-meaning message but "face it," because we aren't really sure how to, or if we can, for fear it will undo us.

But suffering does not get to have the final word in the Kingdom of God.

There is a way to face our pain and thrive. Jesus is the way. He is certainly no stranger to pain and suffering either. He will gather every sliver of our broken heart to bring them back into the whole again. In this process with Him, we discover our true self.

"Our hope cannot be tethered to the temporal; it can only be anchored in the eternal." MGP

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Melissa. Daughter of God. Lover of Jesus. Wife to Andy. Mama to four fun-loving adult children, and two bonus sons. And now, Mia to TWINS. Embracer of brave. Why? Because in every doubt, in every broken cry, God is making me whole again. Join me?

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