During difficult times, stories of hope help sustain and inspire us to never give up.
There are many next steps to consider. And many more prayers to say, and answers to be listened for, and a dog to love for however long we may have her before God gently takes her home.
What are you anticipating–a hopeful prognosis of a recent health test, the arrival of a baby, a wayward child returning home, your child’s graduation? We are all hopeful for something. The Lord is the source of hope–may we depend on Him.
Prom night doesn’t have to be the highlight of your daughter’s high school career. Give her time to realize that she has so much more to look forward to in her future.
For a child to know he’s forgiven is a powerful thing. It’s a powerful thing, indeed.
Some readers found wonder in nature or the birth of a new day. But, for the most part, people found God’s miraculous touch in the faces of their loved ones.
As children of the Lord, we are welcome to approach Him with our shortcomings–and not just for comfort when we don’t perform as well as we’d like or when we make an innocent mistake. He longs for us to come to Him with our tough stuff. Our willful trespasses. Our unloveliness. Our rebellion. Our all-out sin.
Every Easter when I see a newborn chick (or bunny, or lamb), I still get the same feeling of awe and joy. This is a brand new life, a miracle of God’s creation!
I look back and remember the love, enthusiasm and care that my parents put into each Easter egg hunt, and I am assured that my Heavenly Father is even more loving, enthusiastic, and caring when it comes to His children.
Winter passes. New life breaks the barren and presses through. We’re children of the Lord. We have hope because in Him, struggle will not last forever. Whether it ends in this life or when we’ll exist in the endless realm of eternity with the Lord, winter will pass.
Our spirit is renewed with hope as we consider God’s awesome handiwork.
Glimpse the land where Jesus walked in this slideshow featuring photographs from the Holy Land.
Guideposts founder Norman Vincent Peale reminds us that Easter happens every day, in large and in small ways.
