Healing Archives - Kristi Woods

How to Find Comfort in the Lord When Hard Times Hit

October 27, 2020 by Kristi 5 Comments

Can a person truly find comfort in the Lord? After all, it's hard when hard times hit--like loss of income, a loved one, or home. Rest assured, God is our Comforter. After my Dad died in October 2015, I traveled through three months of grief and sadness until something miraculous happened. God's comfort became so real that I could nearly feel its texture on my fingertips. I'll share more of this story throughout this post, but let's start by Continue Reading

What Grief Does to You

January 28, 2020 by Kristi 2 Comments

Don't Forget to Pin MeThis post may contain affiliate links. I hadn't intended on sharing this today, but then Kobe Bryant died on Sunday, thrusting many into a world of sadness and despair. It's a funny thing, what grief does to you. Grief The sports world and more reeled at the news--young and old fans alike. Another talented voice silenced. Nine in that helicopter in all. How could this have happened? What now? They--we--are Continue Reading

#YourStory: Iris Peterson

July 11, 2017 by Kristi 16 Comments

Please join me in welcoming Iris Peterson to the blog. Iris and I met through the online writer's training group, COMPEL Training. Her words are humble but staunch in the Spirit. There's power in their midst. Enjoy! As I walked out of my co-worker’s classroom, I realized that decades of questions and moments of pain had been erased. I don’t know the moment that I was set free from the spirit of rejection, but I knew that my co-worker’s words Continue Reading

How Do We Handle Envy? A Round Table Discussion {Part 1 of 4}

March 28, 2017 by Kristi 39 Comments

Go ahead - paste "ugly" all over it. The temptation battles nearly all of us at one point or another. It's envy. What if we shed light on envy and have a real, girlfriend-to-girlfriend discussion about it? What if we share our struggles and how we overcame them? Then what? I smell victory. Do you? Feel free to pull up a chair and sit around the table. It's our first ever post at "A Round Table." A Round Table is a kitchen table of sorts here Continue Reading

#YourStory: Walinda Alleman

November 1, 2016 by Kristi 20 Comments

Flying With a Broken Wing by Walinda Alleman I'm excited to open wide the blog's doors to fellow COMPEL Training and critique group member Walinda Alleman. She's a gem who hails from another continent, but lives right at home now in the United States. When I think of Walinda, "sweet" comes to mind. She's sweet, kind, and understanding, which I think you'll see from her words below. I’ve often wondered what my life would be like Continue Reading