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Thinking About the Cross

August 24, 2022 / CATEGORIES - FAITH

If we had no winter, the spring wouldn’t be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity wouldn’t be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet

The irony of the cross is that it’s a beautiful tragedy.

Darkness covered the entire world at the exact moment that the most beautiful event in the history of the world occurred.

For eternity to happen, the cross had to happen.

For the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of the world…

For the greatest thing to ever happen to humanity…

The worst thing had to happen. The hardest, most unbearable thing imaginable had to happen.

We have a beautiful old oil painting hanging above our couch in the living room. We found it in an antique store and it’s the perfect piece for that wall. It’s a picture of large distant snowy mountains with a river flowing from the base of them. There are banks on either side of the river lined with beautiful bright orange trees. The river is glassy still showing the reflection of the trees. Its details and colors are stunning.

Into the Unknown

March 9, 2022 / CATEGORIES - FAITH, MOTHERHOOD

the unknown, trust, dependency, trusting in God, following God, fear, faith, Isaiah, trusting God in the unknown

My two- year-old son is the cautious type. He’s reluctant to go places he’s never been before, and he’s hesitant to do something he hasn’t done before.

It’s a rainy Spring day, and I decide that, even though it’s wet, we should have some outdoor play time. I set up a folding chair in our garage to sit, and I nudge him along to go out and play in the rain.

Thinking About the Cross

The irony of the cross is that it’s a beautiful tragedy.

“No Boat”

“No boat.”

Into the Unknown

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The irony of the cross is that it’s a beautiful tragedy.

“No boat.”

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