A Little Bottle of Hope

Beauty From Ashes

By: Anastasia Daniel April 25, 2024August 8, 2026

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A Story of Healing It was 2021. The world was just opening after Covid. Masks, cleaning, and cleanliness laws were still in place. The world was still a bit of a strange place. I was a young mom of two boys at that time. My children were two and just over one year old. I had…

Purposeful Suffering

By: Anastasia Daniel March 20, 2024January 10, 2025

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I first heard these words, purposeful suffering, during one of my audio-guided runs called “Get In Your Head.” This interval speed run was intense—one minute at an almost-sprint pace, with a one-minute recovery; two minutes at an almost-sprint pace, with a one-minute recovery—3 sets of these. Two coaches were motivating me during this run with…

Building Strongholds

By: Anastasia Daniel October 28, 2023November 7, 2024

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The first time I had an anxiety attack, I was 16 years old and just weeks away from starting my junior year. My grandpa was visiting with us from Chicago and we were making plans to go bowling with him that day. I was so excited! Partly because I just returned from a two-month trip with…

Cultivating Gratitude

By: Anastasia Daniel June 23, 2023July 14, 2026

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Gratitude was something I struggled with for a long time. I tended to see the world through a “cup half-empty” outlook and wondered how being thankful could change any of my current struggles and circumstances. It felt good to complain and lament about all my issues and feelings. Complaining provided an instant “feel-good-fix” in the…

Beautifully Complicated

By: Anastasia Daniel April 14, 2023March 20, 2024

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Have you ever felt like you’re too much? Too much to handle; too emotional; too complicated for the common person to understand? Too crazy and outgoing? Too funny and silly? Too unattractive? Too weak? Too shy? Too logical? Too trusting? I have been there and have felt it on both sides. I have insensitively labeled…

will you dance with Me?

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By: Anastasia Daniel April 7, 2023October 11, 2026

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I remember the first time I danced for Jesus. My 6-month-old son was sleeping in his crib and I was using that opportunity to catch up on a pile of dirty dishes. The Bluetooth speaker was on a worship playlist, and I felt this peace resonate in my soul, humming along. Then the song “In…

Desperate

By: Anastasia Daniel January 7, 2023February 8, 2026

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Desperate. Des-pah-rate. That word brings so much emotion into my being. A yearning fills my soul. A deep craving for…something. To fill and to satisfy. When I’m desperate, I’m at the end of myself. All senses go out the door and I will do anything for that thing that I’m craving. Yes. Anything. Does that…

Resting in Jesus

By: Anastasia Daniel September 19, 2022April 27, 2026

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A few months back, I was climbing this beautiful trail at a nearby nature park. The particular trail I chose was a steep, rocky path with minimal rest stops. In the middle of me trudging along, tripping over hidden rocks and thick tree roots, I began to think: When we go through life, isn’t it…

Self-Sacrificing Love

By: Anastasia Daniel November 19, 2021June 13, 2022

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Exhausted and miffed, I slammed the computer shut. I rubbed my temple as a tension headache began to form. Five. Thousand. Dollars. Five thousand! That was the cost of the treatment procedure to fix my son’s cavities and tooth decay. The pediatric dentist had said it was a little less than that, but not to…

“Because You’re Not Quiet”

By: Anastasia Daniel October 19, 2021June 13, 2022

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This was the conversation I had with my 3 year old son this morning: Odis: Mommy, can you please stop singing? Me: Why do I have to stop singing? Odis: Because you’re not quiet! This is one of many darling conversations I have with my buddy, but this particular one had me pause and ponder…