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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Glorify God in Your Body
It’s a predictable pattern. A young teen does not feel safe in her home. Alcohol changes people she loves into monsters who cannot be trusted. This week, her little sister came to ask me to pray for her. “Sister cuts her legs and arms,” the little one said. Harm begets harm. When the Apostle PaulContinue reading “Glorify God in Your Body”
Sarah Dixon Young 