Did you ever look at someone and think, “Yikes! That person is a mess. Not much hope for them.” Maybe after reading this story, you’ll have a different reaction to messy people. She was a young person who had managed to make a way for herself. It wasn’t the life she had envisioned as a…
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Good News
We got good news this week- repeatedly. It was such a lift; like the sun coming out after many days of rain. A granddaughter passed very important tests. Young friends were blessed with a job and an apartment. Then one of our sons gifted them all the furniture they could use. It was a win/win….
Anchored
As I write this, dear Husband’s elderly mother is hospitalized due to complications from a respiratory virus. She loves God and has spent her life helping people. Going home to Heaven has great appeal to her. We’re torn between wanting her to feel better here and wanting her to feel better permanently there. Our emotions…
Perseverance
When we were serving in Indonesia, we met a mini missionary! She was tiny physically, 4’7” tall, but huge in heart. Not only was she very small, she was severely crippled by polio since childhood. What was a crippled, single woman doing in a remote, steeply mountainous stone age village? Against all odds, she…
Grumbling or Gratitude Extreme
This was written a few days ago by a 21 year-old who we have loved since her childhood. “𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤. Bed-bound. One year ago yesterday I walked into the gym at 8:16 pm and immediately felt my legs collapse after being there for only 3 minutes.“ How do we stop complaining when…
Giving Thanks for Our Future
My friend and her husband had been raised in a cult. It was the kind of cult that controls your personal life to an alarming degree. But several years ago they began questioning the cult, realizing its teachings didn’t align with the Bible. They decided to put their faith in the Jesus of the Bible as…