When I woke up Saturday morning, these words were playing in my mind. Joy unspeakable. The song, well, really these words from the song, continued to play through my mind as I busied myself with housecleaning. You know those Saturday morning chores we all love to do (wink, wink). As I moved through my cleaning… Read More Joy Unspeakable!
Psalms 30:5 ~ Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning. In the night hours, when life seems to be so overwhelming, it feels as if you can’t catch your breath. Struggles are real and they hurt. Sometimes the pain is so excruciating you wonder if you will survive the night. During… Read More Joy is Coming!
When I picked up my Bible this morning, it was opened to Zephaniah, although I wasn’t previously reading this book, and immediately my eyes were drawn to the heading Final Restoration Promise. Don’t you just love those moments when Jesus leads us to a specific verse, chapter, or book in the bible? For those who know… Read More God Sings Over Us
Week One The heat of the sun is beating upon me as I survey the valley before me. The sight is immense and it takes me a moment to grasp the severity of what is in front of me. As far as my eye can see are bones. Thousands upon thousands, or more, of bones… Read More Ezekiel: Valley of Dead Dreams Restored
The sun is setting on December and the dawn of 2019 is upon us. For some as you read this, maybe 2019 has already come, regardless, this year is filled with new beginnings, new hopes, new dreams, and new expectations of what could come in 2019. 2018 was filled with great victories and large defeats.… Read More 2019 Word of the Year
Over the past few years there has been a movement of change in how we view the new year coming in and our focus. For many, New Year’s Day is about resolutions, goals we plan to focus on for the upcoming year. The down side of resolutions is that we often set ourselves up for… Read More 2019 Tips to Finding Your Word
Isaiah 26:8-9 In the path of your judgements, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desires of our soul. My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. (ESV) I live in a rural community in Washington state with no street lights… Read More Pause with Jesus – Week 3
Week Two – Seek Psalm 63:1 says, “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” I am a water girl, I love my water more than any other drink.… Read More Pause with Jesus – Week Two
Week One Seek – Over the next few weeks we will be focusing on learning to Pause with Jesus here at Restored by Love with Kristin Clouse. Our lives are so busy and it’s important to take a Pause time where we seek God, not for what He can do for us, but to… Read More Pause with Jesus – Week One
Welcome to our third week of diving into our understanding of God’s LOVE. The writing for our blog is taken from the chapter Damaged Spirits from my book Healing for our Soul Gardens. This week we are focusing on the concept that God’s love is the substance of what we all need. I look forward… Read More God’s Love is the Substance We All Need