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    Every Hard Day Will Be Beautiful One Day

    Every Hard Day Will Be Beautiful One Day

    I hadn’t opened the old shoebox in a decade, but lifting the frayed lid, I laughed in delight at the faces of dear friends and family sta...
    What Does It Mean to Give Grace to One Another?

    What Does It Mean to Give Grace to One Another?

    Last week, a friend in an email wrote, "Thank you for giving me grace." I've heard that phrase a thousand and one times, but for some rea...
    How to Diagnose Your Discouragement

    How to Diagnose Your Discouragement

    We sat in the sun and its heat beat down in the same way my heart beat up. I felt sunny, as if my heart were strolling along and whistlin...
    Jesus Left Things Unfixed

    Jesus Left Things Unfixed

    The author Zack Eswine says, “We cannot expect to change what Jesus has left unfixed for the moment.” He calls these unchangeable realiti...
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