Tag: Week 1 // Wednesday

Our Confidence in Suffering

Have you ever had days… months… maybe even years in your life when it seemed like you were in a “prison” of suffering that you couldn’t escape? Maybe you’ve grieved the death of a loved one, the halt of a dream, or you’ve been chained to a long road of physical or

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You’re not too far gone…

I cupped his chin into one hand and made him look into my eyes. God still loves you, buddy. He will never, ever stop loving you. This boy of mine has a hard time remembering this. His sin is ever before him – that thorn in his side that has

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When Your Faith is Little…

“What does it mean to walk by faith? It means to obey God’s Word in spite of the feelings within us, the circumstances around us, and the consequences before us.” – Warren Wiersbe   The heat of the day was fading as the sun began to set. She grabbed my

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You Are Not Alone: Finding God in our Brokenness…

  His body was broken. Literally. We listened to the emergency room doctor as he described the state of my husband’s shoulder, which was now in too many pieces to count. One small misstep on winter’s ice and a nasty fall had shattered not only bones, but also the next

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The Trust Fall

We called it the Faith Course.  Every summer, I’d hop on a bus to chaperone another group of girls from our youth group at summer camp. They played big ball volleyball on the sand court and wrestled over a greased watermelon in the lake. Those adventurous girls got bruised, but

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His Name Is…

After waiting hundreds of years, the promised Messiah finally arrived in the darkest of times. Unrest, fear, and death would adequately describe the time in history God chose to fulfill His 700-year-old promise to the Jews and give them their much-awaited Savior. I’m reminded when reading Isaiah that God does

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What words will you say today?

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;     make known among the nations what he has done,     and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;     let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of

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A Heart That Can Be Trusted…

There it hung in all of its whimsical glory, with its pastel colors and carefree rainbows tempting the likes of my eight year-old free-spirited girl. It was back-to-school time, and I had promised her a fun day out – just the two of us – plus a new outfit to

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A Love Like No Other

“Remember that one time when we were shopping and you lost Chase?” My kids are so generous to remind me of this stuff. They were 8, 7, 4, and 2 and it was two days before Christmas. I know, I know… December 23rd is not the day to power shop

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Earthly Wisdom Vs. Godly Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. We all have a desire to be wise. We like to understand how things work, to be able to answer questions, to make

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