Author: Nicole Querido

Nicole Querido is a single mother of two, residing in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada, with her fourteen-year-old daughter and twelve-year-old son. Nicole is a writer and teacher who seeks to live a life of surrender to God, whose redeeming power and love has transformed her life. Nicole is a woman, who has known the depravity and hopelessness of living without God, but in coming to know Christ in her thirties, Nicole’s life story became a testimony of His amazing grace. Nicole’s heart’s desire is to use her passion for the Lord and her gift of writing to share the hope of Christ with women around the world. Nicole Querido writes about her daily journey with Christ in her blog Redeemed and Esteemed.

Red Sea Moments

My feet are on dry ground.  Cool, dry ground. And my heart is singing praises to the Lord! These feet of mine have known little but the rushing waves of adversity in  recent months, and the hot sands of a…

Who Do You Say I Am?

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the…

Empty Either Way

There are times in life when you feel like you’re taking a beating from all sides and have nowhere left to turn.  Things are challenging at work, or maybe there is no work to go to; the kids are having…

Going in Circles

As a child, I could never understand how the other kids could love the tire swing at our park, laughing as they were being endlessly spun around. I’ve never liked being out of control, and the thought of giving someone…