From the first stories of the earliest people, we've found it hard to lift our eyes. We're afraid of what we'll see, yet God coaxes us, calling us to look up. The Almighty called Abraham to look up and see the Land He would give him and the ram He would provide in place of his son. And when Isaac ...
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I could feel her heart heaving through our clasped hands. Her tears flowed as we took her cares to the Lord together. When our world is awash with a storm of burdens, how can we lift our eyes?
No one has to help me see my own wants and worries. Do you? God’s word talks about lifting our eyes when ...
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I’m the first one to protect my eyes when pain reaches its pinnacle in a movie. I don’t want to see suffering. When my own pain is raw, I’m more sensitive to pain around me. It’s hard to see if you don’t want to look. Do you ever find yourself so overwhelmed by the cares of life that you just want ...
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The last year has been like dryer lint. Matted together, there are things of unknown origin tangled in it . Gradual compression pulled fibers from familiar items to create a single layer of leftovers, suited for the garbage. No one shows off their dryer lint.
The collision of our ...
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I appreciated her honest Facebook status: “I don’t understand why anyone would want to kill Christians.” After all, how many Western-world Christians considered the ultimate cost when deciding to follow Jesus?
Many of my friends in other nations expected rejection when they followed Christ. ...
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