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Complicated grief

Some days, when it can’t get any worse, it does. Leading to a complicated grief.

This tangled story of deception is not ours alone. 

No. All along the darkening path, we meet others who know. And understand.

Complicated grief. Image by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash.
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Crossing Cultures Making Disciples Memoir

Sovereign

Unknowns pile up, left and right. Closed doors and uncertainty overwhelm. At the ends of the earth. 

Amidst this confusion of crossroads. During a certain season in our lives. Fears creep in. Uninvited.

Then. In the weight of urgent prayer, a passage of Scripture whispers in my thoughts.

Rising gently. Firmly. Pressing through the questions and concerns.

A hymn of praise. Penned by Paul. 

About the Sovereign One. 

Confusion of crossroads. Image by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash.
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Devotional Making Disciples Memoir

Pray for the persecuted

In days of distress and disgrace, a written message arrives. From the enemy. 

Dire threats. Mocking words. Blasphemy.

And Hezekiah goes to the temple. Spreading out the letter of his adversary before the Lord.

This king’s response informs my praying. For the persecuted. Those suffering greatly today. In the face of opposition to the gospel.

Pray for the persecuted. Image from imb photos.