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"Waiting is never wasted when God is in it."

Five days a week, Dr. Lael writes the word she needed on her own hardest days — short enough to read with your coffee, honest enough to sit with all day.

A Place to Land While You're Still Waiting

PRAYER AND PERSPECTIVE: THE BLOG

A woman in quiet reflection, for the Prayer & Perspective devotional "God Gives Wisdom When You Ask"

Prayer & Perspective

Monday, August 31, 2026 Perspective Today we close the month, but we do not close God’s work in our lives. Throughout August, we’ve discovered that God guides our steps, renews our minds, guards our hearts, and sends us to live with purpose. None of these lessons were meant to stay within the pages of a […]

Carry Your Purpose into the New Season

Prayer & Perspective