I stepped into suffering at birth. My physical body is a billboard for my pain. This has brought mocking, cruel jokes, stares, and the constant feeling that I am not like anyone else that I meet. I have never been able to hide. Many people can bury their pain, but my heartache is written all […]
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Many of us have had times in our life where everything seems to go wrong at the same time. Every choice you make is the wrong one. You can’t seem to make enough money to pay all the bills. You lose a loved one. All within a month. The world is closing in around you. Yet, […]
We’ve spent a week fixing our eyes on God and His hope that He graciously and powerfully gives us. It is a hope that spans all sorts of joys and trials. It is a hope that He upholds by His power & grace and not our own good behavior. Our hope is all-encompassing and steadfast. […]
Our strongest moments come when we realize how weak we really are and how powerful He truly is. Grace is made wholly known even in the worst possible circumstances to those of us who trust in God & His power.
We’ve spent the first 8 days of this Advent devotional looking into the promises and covenant of the coming King. We’ve been able to see Christ as one who will crush the head of the enemy, who will make sons of many people from all over the world, who will be wounded but ultimately be […]