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"But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end..." (Lam. 3:21-22). “Mary, what is that phrase, ‘Something, something, his mercy is more?’ “ My mom has dementia. I think she had been mulling over this question for a while before finally voicing it. She knew there was something important to be remembered, to be gathered from the entirety of it, something she couldn’t quite put her finger on. Car

We were walking in the back pasture when we came upon the pair, a mother and her newborn calf, away from the herd, life coming quietly into the world while no one was watching. The calf lay squirming, his momma cleaning him with long, tender strokes of the tongue. But the calf was eager to get on with it, the wide open pasture before him, a blue sky above. The possibilities seemed endless as he tried to get his four legs beneath him and take that first step. Over and over aga

Suffering has a way of heaving you beyond the shallows of life where your faith tends to feel ankle-deep. It casts you out into the fathomless depths of God, a place where Jesus is the only One who can touch bottom." Joni Eareckson Tada It was not by choice that my husband and I first turned down an unknown path into the creek on our ranch, exploring the swelling caused by a massive rainstorm. Indeed, it was out of necessity that we traversed that creek the first time, four w