Jesus, Are You beckoning usin our suffering? “Come to Me” (Mt. 11:28-30). When deep waters threaten to drown us? (Ps. 69:1)When words wound, relationships crumble,and our hearts are broken? “Come to Me.” When others criticize, condemn, shame, blame, and judge our motivations— Deliver me, O my God, from the hand Read more
Abba Father, You promise: Suffering removes so much of our self-sufficiency. In my case, it’s my ability to do what I once could. Suffering makes us needy and weary. But Your daily grace is sufficient because, in this very experience, we see…we can keep going only by Your power. Your Read more
On a recent trip, my husband and I kept reminding one another that the challenges traveling brings, primarily with increased chronic pain symptoms, are #worthit. Making memories and seeing loved ones face-to-face have far outweighed the discomforts of travel. Beloved in Christ, seeing Jesus as He is, face-to-face (1 Jn. Read more
Lord Jesus, Messiah and King, Great God! from thee there’s nought concealed, Thou seest my inward frame; To thee I always stand revealed Exactly as I am. (“Access to God in Christ,” Newton, J., p.d. Sing to the tune of “Joy to the World!”) You see my suffering, You see Read more
Selah: Pause and calmly think of that (AMPC) In music, selah is part of the song of our short, vaporous, earthly lives (Ps 39:4-5) The needed pause. A deep breath for the next long phrase. The conductor cuts the sound off into quiet. Release. Lift up the hand from the keys, the Read more
Holy God and loving Father, this is one of Your most lavish promises to me as I suffer: This is Your promised abundant life, Your promised endurance and strength! When Jesus tells us He came so that we might have abundant life (Jn. 10:10), I realize that Your promise to Read more
I thank God for the new creative team of Singing Christ’s Hope, made up of sisters in Christ, subscribers who understand. Like Jenise, who shares today… Have you ever felt alone? Utterly alone? Believe me, I’ve been in what I call the “loneliness pit.” I felt trapped, and I saw Read more
Lord God Almighty, Elijah wanted people to know that You alone are God (1 Kgs. 18). You performed an amazing miracle… and they knew. Your miracles reveal who You are. They all point us to Your greatest miracle, making us new creations in Christ Jesus, all Your grace (2 Cor. Read more
“Mommy, put my favorite song on!” Knowing what our young granddaughter endured recently, grieving far more suffering and sudden death than many little ones, my Nana heart dissolved. Tears of grief became tears of gratitude. Our Lord had been answering my prayers all along, for my children and their children Read more
I’ll never forget the compassionate care of the medical helper. She quietly entered my hospital room and touched my arm. “I’d like to give you a sponge bath.” After multiple nights of sweating through agonizing and intractable pain, after one of the most pain-full surgeries one can endure, her hushed Read more
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