My people are broken—shattered!— and they put on Band-Aids,Saying, “It’s not so bad. You’ll be just fine.”But things are not “just fine”!Jeremiah 6:14 (MSG) When you fall down the stairs carrying a bag of groceries and rip every tendon and ligament in your ankle, it hurts. A lot. You have surgery to repair said tendons andContinueContinue reading “Jesus Is Not a Band-Aid”
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Take It to the Cross
How many times do we hear—or say—that phrase and not know how to take our burdens to the cross and leave them there? “Rising Cairn” by Celeste Roberge I connected immediately with this sculpture, “Rising Cairn” by Celeste Roberge, the first time I saw its image. Others have called it “The Weight of Grief,” andContinueContinue reading “Take It to the Cross”
I Was Worth It
This morning during church, I heard yet another story of a guy who met a girl and gave up, on the spot, his drug addiction in order to be with her. Another guy gave up a 20-year pornography addiction–overnight–when God convicted him to do so to stay with his loving and forgiving wife. Other guysContinueContinue reading “I Was Worth It”
Bethany LaShell 