The following words passed from friend to friend over the years. Stephanie, friend of our daughter, Rene’, shared these words with her during her recovery after surgery for stage III ovarian cancer in 2014, and they are still relevant today. Originally Joan Chittister penned these words on hope or despair in “The Psalms: Meditations for every Day of the Year.” Cut from the Same Cloth ~ “Hope and despair are not opposites. They are cut from the very same cloth; made from the very same material; shaped from the very same circumstances. Most of all, every life finds itself forced Read More
Category: Encouragement
What do We Convey by What We Say?
What do we convey by what we say or don’t say or by our actions? What kind of witness are we? What is a witness anyway? According to Random House College Dictionary, witness is: 1) to see or know by personal presence and perception; 2) to be present at an occurrence as a formal witness, spectator, bystander; 3) to bear witness to, testify to, give or afford evidence of. The gospel writer John says of Jesus, “What Jesus has seen and heard, of that He bears witness, and no man receives His witness. He who has received His witness has Read More
Joy Comes in the Morning
What goes through your mind when you are in a desperate situation or are in a season of suffering, and you cry out to God for help and deliverance, and He does not answer? Do you cry out louder? Do you feel abandoned? Do you despair? Do you think it’s not fair? Underserved? Do you become bitter or angry? Do you believe joy comes in the morning? All of us like comfy and cozy, right? No one likes to feel pain whether it’s emotional or physical. And yet, pain is something everyone of us experiences at some time or another Read More