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Motherhood Is Our Weakness

Motherhood Is Our Weakness

Dear moms: “My strength is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness.” 

Here is our trap: We knowingly and unknowingly view motherhood as our strength. But motherhood is our weakness. We think that we can plan and prepare and dream and structure in such a way as to carve and mold out the children’s hearts that we dream of. But we ...


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Summer Sampler: Why I Stopped Hiding My Pain

Summer Sampler: Why I Stopped Hiding My Pain

Keep a stiff upper lip. Grin and bear it. You may be familiar with these idioms to “soldier on” and put a lid on suffering and pain. I certainly am. Recently, I’ve been convicted of how that kept me from glorifying God by showing the reason for – and hope in – my suffering.

I was a “perfect attendance” child. I didn’t even get colds. Then in 1986, at age 23, I woke up one day unable to …

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