Category: The Gift of Tears
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Joy in Groaning
What makes us groan? Maybe we groan when we get out of bed. Or when we work with a difficult person on a project. Or when we look at the bathroom scale. Or when our favourite team loses. But there’s a deeper groaning—the groaning of the soul that suffers. We…
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From Suffering to Hope
How can we rejoice when we suffer? Where is hope in chronic illness or gripping anxiety? How do we persevere with uncertain finances, insufferable coworkers, struggling loved ones, or whatever else we face? In Romans 5:3-5 Paul doesn’t say, “Just deal with it. Toughen up!” He says, “Not only so,…
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Moving to Heaven
Tears filled my heart as I smoothed back my mother’s hair. Tears of sadness for the pain that immobilized her in bed. Tears of gratitude that I could care for the practical needs of the one who had sacrificed so much to care for mine. And tears of grief that…
Annette Ford, Author & Speaker 