They laced up their shoes and headed for the starting line. What seemed to be a typical half marathon soon changed as the contestants began strapping on weights—arm weights, chest weights, and ankle weights. The ultimate challenge was to run the race carrying the weight they had recently lost. Runners strapped on 75 – 115 […]
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EMBRACING WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE
“Some pain is good,” she explained as she ruffled my husband’s release papers. Her words caught me off guard, ringing in my ear the entire ride home. How could pain be good? The very topic of it feels uncomfortable, leaving an uneasy awareness that life is not always pleasant. What our nurse didn’t expand on […]
Why God uses Broken People and How God Wants to Use Your Story for Eternity
She gathered her things and headed out the door. “Surely, no one will be there at this time,” she reassured herself. She had heard the snickering and seen the piercing glances and couldn’t handle it on this day. The dust gathering on her feet couldn’t compare to the dirt her heart had collected throughout the […]