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Deborah Rutherford

Deborah Rutherford

Where Redemption, Beauty, and Grace Meet

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Deborah Rutherford

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There are blessings that we can readily say off the top of our head, and then there are things in our life that don’t feel like blessings at all.

What if we started looking at the hard things as gifts? What if these difficult experiences are blessings in disguise?

Come along with us on a 30-day discovery of blessings that we have and didn’t even realize. With prompts for journaling and prayer, your heart will be taken to a new level of gratitude for all that the Lord has done for you.

This beautiful downloadable resource has been created by 5 writers:

Susan Davidson Theresa Miller Deborah Rutherford Traci Shnider Nichole Suvar

Unexpected Blessings
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What I love about my podcast is getting to have conversations with really cool and interesting women.

We talk about God, beauty, and difficult things.

The message is you are not alone in this big, crazy world.

What’s lovely is you can join in the conversation, and together, we stir up good works for God’s Kingdom.

I would be delighted for you to Follow Behold-Her Beauty.

Sweet blessings.

From my heart to yours,

Deborah

Behold-Her Beauty with Deborah Rutherford
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When Life Feels Like a Valley
byDeborah Rutherford and Sarah Freymuth

Giving a voice to the journey from broken to beloved. 🕊️ Today I am sharing a special episode of Behold-Her Beauty Podcast with author, Sarah Freymuthto discuss her book, All the Hard Things: 50 Days Through the Valley.

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Sarah is the author of All the Hard Things: 50 Days Through the Valley, a devotional journey shaped by her own experiences of long COVID, anxiety, depression, and the repeated hardships that quietly reshape a life.

In our conversation, she opens up about what it means to find God’s presence not after the hard things—but in the middle of them. Through her story, we talk about what it looks like to anchor identity in Christ when everything else feels uncertain, and how God often speaks through unexpected “trail markers” of hope—like friendships, nature, music, and even the small reminders we almost overlook.

We also talk about beauty, soul care, and what it means to believe God is still good when life feels heavy.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a season where the “valley” feels long or confusing, this conversation will gently meet you there.

Because sometimes hope doesn’t arrive as a rescue from the valley—but as a companion within it.

The episode closes with a beautiful heartfelt prayer from Sarah to guide you through your week.

A Reflection For You

Where in your life do you feel like you are in a “valley” season—and what might God be inviting you to notice right there? I’ll meet you in the comments.

You can pick up her book here: https://amzn.to/3Zdtr5W 

Sarah Freymuth is the content and storytelling manager for Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and she writes for numerous platforms, including Proverbs 31 Ministries, YouVersion, (in)Courage, and She Reads Truth. Sarah loves unearthing God’s goodness in places that don’t feel good, with a heart especially for faith and mental health. She enjoys a simple Wisconsin life by Lake Michigan with her husband, Eric, and Beaglier pup, Alfie.

Links: Website, Substack, Instagram, Facebook

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Prodigal Daughter: Poems of Light for the Lost debuted at the Cultivate Rooted Retreat with The Way Back Books!

Let’s tell the world that stories of redemption and grace are still the ones we crave.

Purchase a copy (or two) at the Prodigal Daughter AMAZON LINK:

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This book is my heart on paper, written for every soul who has ever felt ‘too far gone’ to sit at the Father’s table.

P.S. After reading you will bless me by leaving a review on Amazon.

With love, Deborah (residing in Georgia) 🕊️✨🌿

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I know Wendell Berry has meant so much to many of I know Wendell Berry has meant so much to many of us. I wrote this poem, “The Holy Wild,” after his poem “The Peace of Wild Things,” first published in @thewayback2ourselves: The Peace of Wild Things Journal. When the theme was announced, my heart jumped a little, okay, a lot, because this is my place: reflection and pondering as I find my peace in the wild. Thank you, Wendell Berry, for your lovely poem.

Exciting news coming soon about @thewayback2ourselves Rooted Journal. Can't wait to share.

THE HOLY WILD 

The vivid red bird,
stark on the vanilla railing, 
flew off to the Myrtle tree. 
In the misty morning 
I reached for the sun 
only to find clouds. 

I stepped into the moss 
to stick my nose 
into a just-born gardenia 
and drank her sweet aroma— 
a bit like delicious dark chocolate. 

There were probably sounds 
of cars, mowers, and a plane overhead, 
but the flowers silenced it all— 
like sound barriers, 
portals to another world, 
another garden. 

And when the winds of despair gathered,
I found refuge there 
where I was free 
to wander, seek, and wonder 
in the Holy Wild. 

I wondered: 
When man first walked out of the garden, 
what did he leave behind? 

The rain drizzled and tickled 
while my husband tended 
to a bent sunflower 
who needed his gentle twine. 

Again, I wondered: 
Do the trees mind the cars passing by? 
Have we lost touch with our garden-selves? 
Will God swoop everything up 
and take it back to Heaven with him? 

Dear God, can we return to the holy wild? 

The Holy Wild, Prodigal Daughter: Poems of Light for the Lost Ones (The Way Back Books 2026)

Thank you for reading on this beautiful October day. Which lines resonate with you? Tell me your wonder in God's beautiful creation and what gives you peace?

💛 
Deborah 

#poetry #peace #creation #poems #wonder
I'm honored to have contributed my story “Anchored I'm honored to have contributed my story “Anchored in Hope” to the beautiful devotional "Finding Our Way Through," a collection of honest testimonies from women who have walked through valleys, wrestled with hard seasons, and still found God’s goodness along the way.

My friend @sfreymuthawake created this space for us to bear witness to God in our difficult stories and know we are not alone.

If you need a little hope for your own hard season, I’d love for you to read it.

You can read my story and subscribe at @sfreymuthawake and  Sarah's Holy Even After Substack: https://sarahfreymuth.substack.com/. Sarah will send you the whole download link.
LINK is in my bio or comment ANCHOR.
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I know I am not alone walking deep valleys and treacherous storms. My hope is that even in the deepest one, you rest in God’s blessed assurance that He is with us. If you’d like to share your story in the comments, please do.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

🤍
Deborah
Author of Prodigal Daughter

ANCHORED IN HOPE ⚓️ 
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13, NKJV

#hope #anchor #devotional #freeresource
Celebrating @hadassahtreu new book "Satisfied." I Celebrating @hadassahtreu new book "Satisfied."

It was an honor to endorse my friend and her beautiful book. Congratulations Hadassah ❤️ 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 

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Get inspired by the story of a woman's journey of transformation and change that ultimately leads to birth–the birth of God's purposes and plan in her life. Available now on Amazon and all major online book retailers.

#satisfiedmemoir #hadassahtreu #NewBookRelease2026 #AbundanceBooks

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I've returned home from our beach trip to the begi I've returned home from our beach trip to the beginnings of Autumn. In the misty muted morning, I walked the wooded path immersed in more of God’s beautiful creation.

“Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.” —Psalm 96:12 NKJV

My heart is full and yours?

#autumn #Psalm96 #godsbeauty
Good morning from Destin, Florida. Sharing God's b Good morning from Destin, Florida. Sharing God's beauty 💙
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You and your journals full of prayers, poems, the You and your journals full of prayers, poems, the wonderful lessons God is teaching and asking, "Lord what shall I write today."

Some days only a word, maybe a scribble, then an epiphany, then more.

So grateful and you?

There are many ways to shine...it could be writing, composing music, caring for each other...what ever way we are called to, let's shine.

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16 ✨️ 

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#writer #letyourlightshine✨ #Gratitude "Bibleverse #encouragement
I saw on the news feed that the monarch butterflie I saw on the news feed that the monarch butterflies were coming.

The next morning, as I was getting into my car, I looked over at the garden, and there, on the basil plant, was a beautiful monarch butterfly, which tells me to always look for God’s beautiful, unexpected blessings because they are everywhere.

I must say, I have been finding beautiful blessings everywhere—enchanting, divine moments.

Like the time it rained while the sun was out, and we saw a beautiful pinkish rainbow against a pink-lavender-ish sky.

Or when  I saw the first leaves fall, and I thought, "Already!”

And then, and then, oh yes, I turned 67, and what a delight it is. This new, lovely frontier that God is calling me into. And for my birthday, my husband made his sourdough bread, a cake, and built me a writing nook. And he strung up twinkling lights because I wanted them.

And when I read about a blind man receiving His sight in Luke 18:35-43 and mine were opened.

Oh, dear friend, tell me the beauty that you are finding. Your enchanting divine moments. Was it a rainbow, a warm piece of freshly baked sourdough bread, or reading your Bible as the Holy Spirit whispered divine truths?

I invite you to inger in the slides for more unexpected blessings of God’s enchanting divine moments.

🤍 Deborah
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