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EXODUS... [Read Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/because-he-is-near) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/autumn_park_path_unsplash.jpg.webp)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/no-longer-slaves) [Forgiveness](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/forgiveness) [Overcoming Sin](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/overcoming-sin) [Love](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/love) September 13, 2018 ### [No Longer Slaves](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/no-longer-slaves) Breathless, shamed, fearful and wondering. The son looked down at his torn, dirty and tattered robe that had seen... [Read Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/no-longer-slaves) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/Canva%20Design%20DAFZGcFyeXA.png)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/when-i-am-overwhelmed) [Fear](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/fear) [Identity](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/identity) [Devotionals](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/devotionals) February 11, 2018 ### [When I am Overwhelmed](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/when-i-am-overwhelmed) FROM THE END OF THE EARTH I WILL CRY TO YOU, WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED: LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I.... 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[Read Blog](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/remembered) [![](https://wendygerdes.com/hubfs/Canva%20images/Canva%20Design%20DAFYi2Mucj4.png)](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-power-of-a-name) [Grief](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/grief) [Perspective](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/perspective) [Life With God](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/life-with-god) [Fear](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/tag/fear) June 16, 2017 ### [The Power of a Name](https://wendygerdes.com/wendy-gerdes/the-power-of-a-name) As any mom knows, there is power in a name. Just the other day, Drew came to me with a complaint about one of the other... 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