Being a witness to suffering is suffering itself. Holding your child down on a hospital bed so that medical professionals can help them doesn’t make the pain easier. Helping at the site of a car accident leaves you feeling shaken and helpless. Hearing the wailing of a bereaved spouse, parent, or child echoes through heartsContinue reading “Taking the Pain of the People”
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Out of the Depths
The kitten’s piteous meowing sounded weak. It had fallen down an old well in our yard. My son carefully removed the sheets of corrugated metal and peered into the grimy blackness. “It’s so far down,” he said. “I’m not sure I can get it out.” As one of my daughters went for a long-handled net,Continue reading “Out of the Depths”
An Earthenware Vessel
While we were at family camp last week, Israel bombed Iran, and I sprained my ankle. Forty-five people went with us to camp, and it was a wild and woolly week full of Jesus, fellowship, and fun. We were worshiping together around a campfire when a friend leaned over and showed me her phone screen.Continue reading “An Earthenware Vessel”
Mud Remover
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Sarah Dixon Young 