The Blessing of Despair (Deeper)

Can’t you imagine what it’s like to be in despair?” Anne Shirley asked. “No, I can’t,” came Marilla Cuthbert’s dry reply. “Despair means turning your back on God.” This brief exchange is from „Anne of Green Gables“, the heartwarming story […]

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Losing Control

God doesn’t always give you what you want. But He always gives you what you need. Because His goal is not to prepare an easy life for you, but to make you grow more like Him: holy. „I don’t want […]

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Old vs. New

Have you ever experienced this? There are moments when I don’t recognize myself. Why am I reacting this way? Where does this angry emotion come from? Why am I talking in an unloving tone? This is not me. I’m not […]

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