Asymptomatic. We’ve been hearing that word a lot lately. In medicine, any disease is classified asymptomatic if a patient tests as having a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. When people…
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Hope Rises When You Know What Comes Next
Every spring the weather app on my phone suddenly becomes an object of intense scrutiny. I’m longing for the sunshine, the spring temperatures, and for…
View More Hope Rises When You Know What Comes NextAccording to His Will
Years ago, a woman learned that her husband was having an affair with another woman. One evening she walked onto the deck where her husband…
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11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles and the judgments…
View More RememberDonuts and Disappointments: Teaching Our Preschoolers About Hope
God has placed patterns and examples around us to teach the virtue of hope. As parents, we journey with our little ones, seeing God acting…
View More Donuts and Disappointments: Teaching Our Preschoolers About HopeFriends Without Expectations
As a reminder to those of you who do not know me, I am not a pastor’s wife. I work in the home office of…
View More Friends Without ExpectationsOh, I Want to Know You More
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” James 1:17 Who doesn’t…
View More Oh, I Want to Know You MoreHope for Married Sinners
We had finished supper, nearing the end of a long day. Two children were on my husband’s lap with the third vying for a spot.…
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During many years of serving on staff at a summer camp for girls, God has given me many illustrations and taught me His truth through…
View More All In for HimThe Refuge of Love
Psalm 5 11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those…
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