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Joy Petroelje

Joy Petroelje serves as the Advancement Operations Manager for CURE International, a global nonprofit organization. Aside from work, she enjoys spending time with her family, coffee with friends, reading, and traveling local trails on foot.
Devotionals

The Middle Season

Read: 1 Corinthians 13 Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. (v. 12) We move into the middle season of life—when you’re not young, but

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The Early Season

Read: Psalm 139:13-18 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (v. 14) When each of our children was born, I found joy that the sound of my

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Seasons

Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. (v. 1) There is no better, clearer reminder in Scripture than Ecclesiastes 3

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Waiting

Read: Isaiah 40:21-31 They who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall

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Grateful for Smell

Read: Numbers 28:16-25 In the same way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD. (v. 24) The

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Grateful for Taste

Read: Psalm 34:1-14 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! (v. 8) Some of my most simple but treasured memories are tied to specific tastes and experiences. Like

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Grateful for Grace

Read: Ephesians 2:1-10 It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. (v. 8 NIV) There are times

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Grateful for Help

Read: Exodus 17:8-16 Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down

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Grateful for Refuge

Read: Psalm 143 I hide myself in you. (v. 9 NIV) Have you ever played the game hide and seek? If so, did you ever hide so well that no

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