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Uncertainty breeds fear, and we certainly live in uncertain times. Look around you--threats of violence and death, financial instability, natural disasters, pandemics, cancel culture, and war headline every news story and dominate nearly every conversation. The devil would have you trembling at all you could lose. But the child of God is not called to live in fear: "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV).

This is a collection of poems that I wrote after my husband left. It's an expression of my faith in and love of Jesus. I have been able to grow into and accept the beauty of who God created me to be. Through these poems, I hope you feel and receive the love of Jesus.

The Tender Herb is based on Deuteronomy 32:2-3. It speaks of the Lord dropping words of his doctrine "as the small rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass." This scripture has such a beautiful connotation upon all our senses. Visually, we can imagine the lightness of a spring shower as the tender buds begin to grow. Concurrently, it's the Lord's message of love to our hearts with gentleness, taking care not to break or bruise our faith in him.

In Sticks and Stones, DeVries paints a poetic picture of love found and love lost and rising above toxicity, delving into what it means to find strength in the human spirit. Through poetry, the listener finds a voice of strength and the rebuilding of one's heart and home despite all the sticks and stones thrown upon it. Newly expanded with 41 new poems and a rewrite of "Drowning in an Ocean of No Tomorrows", DeVries shows a full poetic picture of turning pain into poetry in order so you can rise above whatever is pulling you under.