Are you staring toward a new and daunting change, a needed unknown? Something that seems far beyond your capacity to handle it? Our Lord just carried me through one as we quickly downsized from a three-story house to a one-floor apartment, and at times it felt like crossing the Jordan Read more
Singing Christ’s Hope has a new creative team from within our subscriber family! This week’s praise interruption is offered by our sister in Christ who has shared a “couraging-into” writing…”A Walk Behind Enemy Lines: Why Discouragement is the Enemy’s Most Effective Tool and How to Overcome It.” Our accompanying playlist Read more
Lord God Almighty, As You sanctify every believer in Christ, this suffering is part of Your transforming work. It’s Your ongoing and promised work to us as Your believing children, in Jesus Christ! A wonderful Savior is Jesus my Lord, a wonderful Savior to me; he hideth my soul in Read more
Many try to comfort me by telling me what they think God is up to as I suffer with remaining chronic illnesses and pain. They anticipate what He must be teaching me through this. They peer into the future and imagine how He must be working. They attempt to give Read more
Today, I share a story from a beloved sister in Christ (who happens to be my daughter), along with our weekly praise interruption of Scripture and song. May He tenderly encourage your heart if you, too, are grieving the loss of a baby or grandbaby. I am so grateful Maggie Read more
Lord Jesus, our Prince of Peace, When sorrows and sea billows roll… and we feel like we’re drowning, calm me, and any Christian reading these words. Settle us. Peace by the cross of Jesus, past tense! It’s only possible in the forever peace we have with our Father, the peace Read more
Abba Father, If I’m honest, I’m crying to You along with Job. This suffering feels Job-like. “I loathe my life” (Job 9:21 ESV). And yet, as I suffer today, I remember that You gave me eternal life, life that is in Your Son, Jesus Christ. You gave me to Jesus. Read more
Well-meaning and kind friends suggested they would pray for God’s “favor and blessing” so that my severe, chronic pain would disappear. So that the tribulation would end. So earthly suffering and affliction would stop. I silently cried an anguished response, “But I already HAVE His favor and blessing…because I’m in Read more
On this holiest of weeks, I’m sharing my husband’s favorite “Easter hymn.” First thing on Resurrection Sunday, he cranks up the volume and plays it! He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose! (“Christ Arose,” Lowry, R., 1874) Somehow, the truth that our beloved Savior is resurrected, risen, and reigning brings me Read more
As my unmanaged chronic pain escalated on top of needed caregiving tasks, with long travel to help loved ones, and grief in losing a loved one…all at the same time…our Lord had already been inviting me to study the Psalms through my daily Bible reading plan. This time, He’d prompted Read more
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