Diary of an Answered Pray-er

Slut.  Failure.  Quitter.  Angry.  Depressed.  Addict.  Those are identities I put on like a thread-bare security blanket for years.  Now they sometimes walk alongside me like a deviant service dog that doesn’t want me to cross the street.  A street that leads me into the land of God’s Promises, which declare my – and your – true identity.  Forgiven.  Pure.  Daughter.  Conqueror.  Loved.  Light.  Free.

Once I entered this new land of God’s Promises over 25 years ago, I couldn’t get enough.  I collected them, displayed them, talked about them and was constantly on the lookout for more.  I led Bible studies rooted in them.  I gifted a Promise Book to every woman I led in those studies.  Then God punched me in the gut.  

“Rhonda.  Do you BELIEVE them?  For you?”

Well…maybe not.  

Until I did.

Diary of an Answered Pray-er is a ongoing journey that courses through storms Rhonda has faced…abuse, death, mental health, addiction, broken relationships, career choices, crises of faith, and BELIEF.  Here you’ll find heartfelt, raw prayers and God’s radical answers.  Perhaps you find yourself in the middle of your own raging storms whimpering, like the desperate boy’s father in Mark 9:24, “I DO believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”    Maybe in reading these prayers you’ll be encouraged to BELIEVE the promise found in Psalm 34:8 is also for YOU.  “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him“.  

Rhonda currently lives in Wenatchee, WA with her husband of 36 years, relishing the outrageous joys of marriage, being a Nana, skiing, gardening, taking spontaneous road trips and sampling plenty of dark chocolate.