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How Looking Back Can Help Us Move Forward
I am learning that sometimes to move forward; we first need to look back. When I asked God for a word at the beginning of 2022, I could not have foreseen how God would use a specific word and verse to sum up almost every day of my life in 2022. So many things hit my family and me last year. If I was to be truly honest, I battled doubting my Christian walk with God more than I ever had before. Frustration and discouragement at times were like wolves at my heels. But My Jesus! He has kept me thus far, even amid flames, fire, and flood. Even when the…
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Moving Into 2023 with Purpose
So many parts of the book of Job are challenging for me. There is the part where it describes Job as a righteous man, yet God allowed him to suffer. There are also the parts that deal with his tremendous loss and grief. Despite Job serving others and giving God his best, all the pain he endured is hard to wrap my mind around. Things I admit I have wrestled with as I moved to step into 2023. I have wrestled with the fairness of the book of Job. Still, when you read the words God spoke to Job near the end, it brings you to the realization that life…
