Author Archives: Melissa Mashburn

Melissa is a woman who is passionately pursing God every day by taking her everyday, ordinary life and placing it as her offering to Him. With a heart to "keep it real" her life and ministry is all about "Real Women, Real Life, Real Faith" in action. She's an author, speaker, Pastor's Wife, ministry leader and more importantly mom to two incredible teenage sons. Melissa has been married to her best friend Matt for over 18 years where they live and enjoy ministry in Sunny South Florida.

Waiting…Turn Your Wait Into a Verb

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. Lamentations 3:25 ESV Over the last eight years I have spent a good portion of time in a waiting room. In 2005 my oldest son had a traumatic illness occur and thus started theRead the Rest…

Turn Off The Noise

Be still, and know that I am God.     I will be exalted among the nations,     I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us;     the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah Psalm 46:10-11 ESV Screech! Screech! Screech! Ding! You’ve GotRead the Rest…

All You Need Is Love

The two winners of the Rescuing Hope giveaway are: Teisea Kostner and Greta Please email [email protected] and we will get your copies in the mail right away! A special thank you to Susan Norris and Leah Adams for helping to shed light on the horiffic lives these women and girlsRead the Rest…

Give Them Grace

For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 ESV Grace. Just a five letter word, which sounds simple enough, but living it out is anything but simple. I have heard it said that we judge others on how we think they should act or respond, but judge ourselvesRead the Rest…

The Only Perfect Relationship

Be sure to enter our Show & Tell Faith giveaway this week. Click HERE to enter! Graphic  © Olga Vasilkova | Dreamstime.com RF-LL In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5 NIV A couple of weeks ago, my husband, Pastor Matt Mashburn, preached a sermon calledRead the Rest…