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How to find hope in emptiness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:November 9, 2020
Post category:creation cross emptiness God's character living longing redemption suffering transformation truth weakness
Post comments:4 Comments

It’s early when I walk past the playground, and the swings hang empty, waiting. No one plays on the slide. There’s a stillness here that could just be the calm…

What God Does With Weakness

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:September 21, 2020
Post category:control dependence fear grace in Christ smallness suffering transformation weakness
Post comments:6 Comments

The smoky haze that has been lying low over our city is gone today, and as I bike I can once again see mountains stretching toward the sky. My heart…

Hope When You Hurt

Post author:Carolyn Watts
Post published:May 25, 2020
Post category:God's character God's love intimacy loss suffering
Post comments:9 Comments

As I walk, I see gates everywhere—most closed, some locked, a few standing open. And beyond the gates, rhododendrons dressed in mauve and fuscia and pink, fountains of canary yellow…

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