“Sometimes, no matter how hard you pray, babies die. Sometimes, no matter how much you trust God, doctors find cancer. Houses catch fire; tornadoes demolish entire communities; and terrorists successfully crash airplanes into buildings.” This book, by Jody Conrad, answers the questions: What happens to our faith when our giants defeat us? I’ve only read the first 50 pages or so on the plane today, but this book shows compassion and understanding of the admittedly hard work life is at times. This book talks about the hopeful worship of the prophet Habakkuk.
My goal is to be like her in this season of my life– to be someone who still sings of the joys of heaven even while in the trenches and darkest hours of life and even when Goliath won’t fall.
The author is a friend and neighbor of a colleague of mine at U of I. She lives in Colfax, WA and, from what I’ve read so far, is a woman who hears and understands the cry of humanity to live with abundant faith and amazing grace.
My U of I colleague is a dear, wise friend. He has children my age and we've known each other for 12 years now. He and his wife were at my wedding and he's been a professional mentor for a very long time to me. He wrote in the cover of this book words of great hope and honor for me which blessed me beyond words.
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Hi sis,
This morning I told my students about the card you sent me in my dark hours with the Psalm 30:5 Scripture, "Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning". I held on to that for years. Though things didn't turn out exactly like I thought they would, I am in a brand new house, with a new husband and a healed leg. I know you know the whole season thing, but thought it was interesting that just this morning I was telling my students that. I thank you for that encouragement. i love you and know you will make it through this.
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