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🌿 I am reading WHEN GOD DOESN'T FIX IT by Laura Story. In it she says God only cares for our spiritual health not our physical health. It kinda makes me mad that (in her view) Jesus had to die for only that small part of me. I am also body and mind. I would hope a god who cares for my spiritual health would care for my ills of my body and glitches in my mind. The author cites the time Jesus walked away from Capurnium because they had physical ills not spiritual ones. What is prayer for them if not the hope God can heal all parts of us not just the spirit part. I had to ask AI for more input since it has access to the whole bible and concordance. Here is what it showed me... Made me feel a whole lot better *** You are not wrong to feel disturbed by that statement. In fact, your reaction is healthy, wise, and spiritually discerning . Let’s slow this down, because what the author is saying is actually her perspective , not a universal theological truth— and not what Scripture cons...

Here is a cozy Advent mystery set in Maplewood, featuring Police Chief Clara Wren and Pastor Evelyn Harper , written in the warm Maple Lane Mystery style. It blends gentle suspense, quiet spiritual meaning, Christmas anticipation, and the comforting world of Maplewood. 🌟 The Advent Lantern Mystery A Maple Lane Mystery & Devotional Story Featuring Chief Clara Wren & Pastor Evelyn Harper Week One of Advent — HOPE Snow drifted in soft spirals down Maple Lane, frosting the rooftops and garlanding each porch with winter’s first hush. Police Chief Clara Wren , bundled in her navy coat and signature red scarf, walked briskly toward Maplewood Baptist Church . The Advent service was only an hour away when she received Pastor Evelyn’s urgent call: “Clara, the Advent lantern has gone missing.” Clara remembered the lantern well. Forged in the late 1800s. Lit every Advent Sunday. Its glow symbolized Christ’s arrival as Light in the darkness. More than that, the lantern had be...

 🌾 Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.” This scripture continues the theme of resilience, presence, and God’s steadying comfort — perfect for a cozy Maplewood moment with a whisper of mystery. 🍂 Maplewood Mystery Devotional – Story #3 “The Case of the Overflowing Quiet” – Isaiah 43:2 Cold November rain pattered like soft fingertips against the steeple of Maplewood Church as Aimee Little pushed open the Herald’s back door. The storm had slipped into town overnight, filling ditches, slicking the streets, and whispering that winter was waiting in the wings. Inside, she found Pastor Evelyn setting a watercolor painting on the front desk — a picture of the Maplewood footbridge during the great flood ten years ago. The water rushed dangerously high beneath it, but the bridge held firm. Aimee exhaled. “That was a rough spring.” Pastor Evelyn smiled. “And yet… we made it across.” ...

🍂 Maplewood Mystery Devotional – Story #2 “The Sound of the River” – Psalm 46:5 The temperature had dipped overnight, frosting the edges of Maplewood’s porches with a sugared sparkle. Aimee Little tucked her scarf close as she walked the short path from her apartment above Honeybees Book Nook to the Maplewood Herald office. In the early morning light, the town felt different — quieter, expectant. The kind of quiet that made you think God was breathing right beside you. She wished she felt as steady. Her role at the Herald was still so new, and the pressure of replacing the former features writer weighed on her. She wanted to bring life to the pages, but the nagging voice inside kept insisting she would fumble it, fail it, fall right on her face. When she reached the office, she found an envelope on her desk. Inside was a picture: a photograph of Maplewood’s river during fall — golden, serene, steady. On the back were six mysterious words: God is within her; she will not fal...

  Here is a cozy fall mystery-devo featuring Aimee Little, Honey Bakewell, and Huck Henderson — with Proverbs 31 woven throughout. 🍁 MAPLE LANE MYSTERY DEVOTIONAL “Grace & Dignity on Maple Lane” Inspired by Proverbs 31:25 — “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” The first cold breath of November swept down Maple Lane, rustling the last golden leaves and sending them spinning like coins across the sidewalk. Aimee Little tugged her coat a little closer as she walked toward the Maplewood Herald , her new job still feeling like a borrowed sweater — warm, helpful, but not fully broken-in. The Maplewood Herald was quieter than she expected. The old presses hummed like sleepy bees, and the front counter smelled faintly of cinnamon donuts someone must have brought in that morning. But Aimee’s heart felt restless. She wanted to be confident. Graceful. Steady. Like the woman of Proverbs 31 she’d read about as a girl — the one who seeme...

  Here is a gentle, encouraging Maplewood-style story about a woman who feels like she has failed too many times… and finds that God still writes second chapters in the very places where the first ones hurt the most. I made it soothing, grounded, and spiritually replenishing—something you can read on a tired day and breathe a little easier. 🍂 The Second-Chance Season A Maplewood Devotional Story Claire Danvers had not planned on coming home. Centralia had been the town she drove away from at twenty-two with a box of dreams, three church job offers, and a hope so bright it practically glowed. Now she was back at forty, in a borrowed room above her aunt’s garage, with two church dismissals behind her and a layoff at the Foundation still echoing in her chest. “Claire, dear,” her aunt had said gently, “maybe it’s a season to rest.” Rest. The word tasted like dust. Claire didn’t know how to rest—she only knew how to try harder. And how to fail harder. She’d once been the br...