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It’s a New Life!

A couple of months ago, I watched Billy Graham’s special message— perhaps his last, The Cross. For his 95th birthday, he wanted to reach out once again with the Gospel message that he’s so faithfully preached for more than 60 years. Even though Billy Graham is elderly and frail, his words still ring out with passion for those who don’t yet know Jesus.

While I watched the presentation, my thoughts raced back through the years. I remembered when Billy Graham came to Okinawa, Japan where my husband Randy was stationed with the Air Force in the late 1970s. Several friends and I, along with our young sons, Chris and Jeremy, headed to the stadium that night. It was packed. We climbed up nearly to the top row to find seats. As a new Christian, I felt moved by the evangelist’s message.  In his soft-spoken North Carolina drawl, he pleaded : Y’all come to accept Jesus. Come just as you are. Tears of gratitude and hope slid down my cheeks.

Jeremy, only 5 years-old, stood up and announced that he had to go forward. I assured him that we could pray right where we were . . . but he insisted. No, I have to go down there!  How could we discourage this child’s faith?

We made our way through the crowd. I looked around in amazement. There were more people on the field than in the stands. Our little group held hands and prayed as Chris and Jeremy both accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior that night.

I know without a doubt that each of our lives was profoundly changed because of those tiny seeds of faith planted on Okinawa. My husband Randy missed the Billy Graham event because he was on temporary duty in Korea. But God didn’t miss him—not by a long shot! Randy gave his life to Jesus many years later.

I believe God makes our lives new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 promises: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

This isn’t a recycled version of your old life. This is something brand new. It isn’t an instantaneous change, but a gradual process. One day you realize you are becoming more like  Jesus. What a miracle!

Here are some of the benefits of finding new life in Christ:

New Attitudes

Instead of being a product of your past, you begin to see yourself as having infinite value because you are a child of God. You don’t have to measure up, keep up or give up.

New Hope

You begin to believe that change is possible because all things are possible with God.

New Purpose

Your life matters because God has a plan and purpose for you being here.

As I look into this New Year, I am excited to see what God has in store. How about you?

God makes our lives new. @Grit_Grace @DebKalmbach
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Can One Person Make a Difference?

 

“Don’t worry what you could do if you lived your life over; get busy with what’s left.” Amish proverb

The Calling, book 2 in the ‘Inn at Eagle Hill’ series (Revell), was inspired by a remarkable woman in the San Francisco Bay Area named Mother Williams. In the novel, it took five Amish sisters to do the work of one Mother Williams. You can read for yourself why the story of Mother Williams was such an inspiration to a novel:

Can one person make a difference? Even a woman who might be, say, considered elderly?

Consider Victoria Williams of Richmond, California. Eleven years ago, when Victoria was 77 (!), she saw a need in her community for a weekly soup kitchen. She knew she was a good cook, but she would need some qualifications to serve others. So she took the required courses for food safety and preparation and got to work.

On Thursday mornings, Victoria—known as Mother Williams—prepares food in her church’s kitchen that she has gathered from the local Food Bank and from donations. On Fridays, she serves lunch.

“For a very long time, Mother Williams worked in the soup kitchen alone,” volunteer Becky Blakey said. “She had a creative system. First she would use her cane to prop open the door, then she would pull the boxes of food into the kitchen with her cane.”

After a video was made about Mother Williams, it was shown at my church. Mother Williams was in attendance that morning and received a standing ovation from the congregation. Becky Blakey went up to meet Mother Williams to ask if she could come and help prep food on Thursdays. Of course! Mother Williams told her.

Becky started to volunteer regularly. Soon, her friends joined her. “Mother Williams has a couple of rules,” Becky said. “She wants those who come for lunch to be served so they don’t stand in a cafeteria-like line. They have a place to sit at a table and are served a plate of food. And before everyone eats, she insists they hear a word from the Lord. ‘Jesus gave you this day,’ she says. ‘He didn’t have to do that, but He did. So now we are going to hear His words.’ And then she’ll read a few verses of Scripture.”

Currently, at age 88, Mother Williams and her team of volunteers serve over one hundred lunches every Friday.

Can one person make a difference? Yes.

At any age? Absolutely.

Can one person make a difference? @Grit_Grace @SuzanneWFisher
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Suzanne Woods Fisher is the bestselling author of the Inn at Eagle Hill series, Lancaster County Secrets series, and the Stoney Ridge Seasons series, as well as nonfiction books about the Amish, including “Amish Peace.” She is also the coauthor of a new Amish children’s series, The Adventures of Lily Lapp. Her interest in the Anabaptist cultures can be directly traced to her grandfather, who was raised in the Old Order German Baptist Brethren Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Suzanne is a Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist. She is a columnist for Christian Post and Cooking & Such magazines. She lives in California. For more information, please visit suzannewoodsfisher.com and connect with her on Twitter, @suzannewfisher. Get Amish proverbs delivered right to your mobile device! Download the Free App! http://bit.ly/10Tygyi

New from Suzanne

Bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher delivers her trademark twists, turns, and tender romance in this delightful and exciting visit to the deceptively quiet community of Stoney Ridge.

Twenty-year-old Bethany Schrock is restless. Her love life has derailed, her faith hangs by a thread, and she is spending the incredibly hot summer days wading through a lifetime’s accumulation of junk at the home of five ancient Amish sisters. About the only thing that holds her interest is the spirited and dangerously handsome Jimmy Fisher–and he seems bent on irritating her to no end.

When the sly old sisters and a guest at the Inn get Bethany involved in running the local soup kitchen and starting a community garden, she suddenly finds herself wondering, Shootfire! How did that happen? Despite her newfound purposefulness, a gnawing emptiness about a childhood mystery continues to plague her. Encouraged by Jimmy Fisher, she will seek out the answers she craves–and uncover a shocking secret that will break her heart, heal it, and point her to love.

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Life Lessons | Robin Lee Hatcher

If you had to boil it down, what would you consider to be the main lesson of your life (so far)?

Here is mine: “Nothing, absolutely nothing, enters my life that isn’t caused or allowed by God and filtered first through His loving hands for the purpose of making me more like Jesus.”

Salvation happens in an instant when we trust in Christ. But sanctification is a lifelong journey. We travel it one day at a time, and the refining process is always part of it. None of us wants to step into that fire so the dross can be burned away. We don’t want to be pruned with those spiritual clippers. But it is for our eternal good that we submit to it the refining process.

Years ago, the Lord called me to write a book about alcoholism in a Christian home (Beyond the Shadows). I thought it was because He wanted me to offer hope to those who were sitting in the pews, trying to look like they were holding it all together, while at the same time they were dying on the inside because of the addictions of loved ones. I wanted them to know they weren’t alone. God has, indeed, used that book in such a way. I know because I’ve received many letters saying so. But writing that book also taught me, the author, a whole new level of submission to the Lord. Who am I to answer back to God and ask Him why He made me this way or why He made my life this way?

For my new novel,  A Promise Kept, I hope to encourage believers to keep trusting God even when it seems God will never answer their prayers. I wanted to show how He answers prayers in unexpected ways at unexpected times. He’s done it in my life just as He does it in my novel.

So there I am, back to my life lesson again. Nothing, absolutely nothing, enters my life that isn’t caused or allowed by God and filtered first through His loving hands for the purpose of making me more like Jesus.

Because I have learned this lesson, I can trust Him with my whole heart, whatever the storms that blow my way.

What is the main lesson you've learned from life? (so far) @robinleehatcher
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Best-selling novelist Robin Lee Hatcher is known for her heartwarming and emotionally charged stories of faith, courage, and love. She discovered her vocation after many years of reading everything she could put her hands on, including the backs of cereal boxes and ketchup bottles. Winner of the Christy, the RITA, the Carol, the Inspirational Reader’s Choice, and many other awards, Robin is also a recipient of the prestigious RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of 70 novels and novellas with over five million copies in print.

To learn more about Robin and her books, please visit her web site at www.robinleehatcher.com.  From there you can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, and YouTube.

New from Robin Lee Hatcher

God was going to save her marriage, Allison was sure of it. But neither her husband nor her marriage had been saved.

What had become of His promise?

Tony Kavanagh had been Allison’s dream-come-true. They were in love within days, engaged within weeks, married and pregnant within a year. Her cup bubbled over with joy . . . but years later, that joy had been extinguished by unexpected trials.

The day Allison issued her husband an ultimatum, she thought it might save him. She never expected he would actually leave. She was certain God had promised to heal; it was clear that she’d misunderstood.

Now, living in the quiet mountain cabin she inherited from her single, self-reliant Great Aunt Emma, Allison must come to terms with her grief and figure out how to adapt to small town life. But when she finds a wedding dress and a collection of journals in Emma’s attic, a portrait of her aunt emerges that takes Allison completely by surprise: a portrait of a heartbroken woman surprisingly like herself.

As Allison reads the incredible story of Emma’s life in the 1920s and 1930s, she is forced to ask a difficult question: Does she really surrender every piece of her life to the Lord?

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JUST As I Planned….Sort Of!

Life . . . when you’re young, you think you have it all figured out – that everything will go just as planned! As a planner, I love when life allows me to live according to my Plan A . . . but the reality is:

I live in Plan B!

While Plan A is fun to plan, there is adventure and even (at times) excitement when one allows God to orchestrate a different plan that our own thus Plan B!

It’s hard for most of us to live in Plan B – primarily because we like things our own way. After all, when we take the time, energy, and sometime even finances to plan something, it’s nice when it works out. But the problem is this: life seldom turns out like we planned or hoped.

There might be:

The postponed vacation because the house needed repairs
The interview and dream job that the competition gets
The ministry opportunity that you thought was yours and someone else is chosen
The school play director that overlooks your talent
A special needs child
A failed relationship
Disappointment
Discouragement
Depression (sometimes)

But, if we are open to Plan B, we might exchange ordinary living into something quite exciting! And perhaps our deep disappointments will be transformed into something extraordinary!

While I had minor shifts in my hopes and dreams through childhood and as a young adult, it wasn’t until I called off my engagement at age 23 that I experience a shift from Plan A to Plan B. But 2 ½ years later, the door was opened to meet the man I would eventually marry, and indeed that plan was far better than my original one!

Life was good—even great as we established our life together and began our family 2 years into our marriage with our son Joey. We had no idea that the perfect bundle of love we held in our arms would catapult us from our Plan A to God’s Plan B. Within the first year of his little life, we began recognizing severe delays in his development as we learned of his cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and eventual epilepsy (that manifested as gran mal seizures). The shock was so great that it began to settle in every area of our lives as we realized our Plan A would never be.

Fast forward 31 years . . . we’ve learned a lot about life, relationships, patience, late nights, etc. and through all the challenges of doctors, therapists, diagnosis, education, programs and teachers, we’ve come through the other side and see the beauty and reality of God’s wonderful Plan B. We’ve become:

More patient (not perfect!)

More focused on others than ourselves
More willing to serve – not just when it’s convenient, comfortable and easy, but whenever it’s needed (24/7) and whenever we know it’s the right thing to do
Friends with some wonderful people who share our journey
Survivors who’ve lived to tell about it and can help and encourage others

God can work in and through a life from Plan A to a point of celebration in Plan B – soaring above any of the roadblocks we think there are.

We have. You can, too!

Are you living in "Plan A" or "Plan B"? @Grit_Grace @CindiFerrini
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Rediscovering the Shiny and New

We are all drawn to the shiny and the new. Brightly colored gifts arranged beautifully under a tree can catch anyone’s eye and cause a smile. Shiny paper and big bows bring about excitement, anticipation, and desire. We treasure these gifts but what happens days, weeks, months, and eventually years later? What happens when the new becomes dusty, old, and forgotten?

As I packed for my trip home to the States for Christmas, I spent time going through my closet. In doing so, I was surprised to find a small number of clothes hidden in the corners of my closet that I had completely forgotten about. Clothes that I had once adored but forgotten about, were now new to me again. In forgetting about them, their rediscovery brought about new life. I tried the clothing on if for the first time and it brought a smile to my face. One jacket in particular brought about memories from a happy time in life. I smile and wondered . . . what in my life have I forgotten to treasure because it has become hidden, overlooked, and dusty? What was once treasured because it was new and exciting but now has become boring and old?

Perhaps it is your husband. Remember when you first fell in love? The butterflies in your stomach? What can you do to remember and rebuild the flame? Or perhaps it is your job that now bores you? Remember the excitement of interviewing and being offered the position? Or perhaps it is your home? Remember the excitement of buying or renting it for the first time? There are many things that we are so used to now that we fail to treasure them anymore.

As we begin a new year, try to find the beauty in what you already have. Learn to see everything as it is shiny and new once again.

Find the beauty in what you already have. @Grit_Grace @swauterlek
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The Perfect Gift

A few years ago, I remember how I struggled over what sort of Christmas gift I would give to my Woven Women leaders. My inner voice was saying, “I want it to be something special, something meaningful.”

I thought the thought was my thought, but it turned out to be a “God-thought”: a thought bigger than I thought!

As I went about my shopping and as the clock kept ticking, my thought was becoming a cry of desperation . . . to God . . . for a gift . . . for my gals. On a date that seemed too late, I awoke in the middle of the night with the answer: a sterling silver bracelet engraved with two hearts and the word “Sisters”.

Not thinking outside the box when I shopped, I had totally missed the possibility that “This was IT!” But I admit, I turned this answer into a question, “Really? You want me to give them a “Sisters” bracelet? Isn’t that a bit gimmicky or assuming?”

And that’s when God unveiled the real revelation. He cut past the worn-out BFF lingo to the real heart of the matter:  We are ETERNAL Sisters!

More than girlfriends in this life, more than another pseudo-feminine relationship, we are FOREVER in the fullest sense of that term WOVEN as only God can weave us INTO A SISTERHOOD with the blood OF our Savior Jesus CHRIST!

This blew my mind! And, I admit, I thought it was going to blow my wallet as well. When I trekked back to buy them, the sale price had changed, and not in my favor. Besides that, there was only one left; I needed fourteen! I shared my dilemma with the clerk. It was amazing! A week later, the bracelets arrived at my doorstep after paying a lower-than-sale-price and no shipping charges.

And the timing? Well, it was too late for Christmas, but just in time for our January 3rd leader gathering. The scripture for that month’s session? The famous story of two sisters: Mary and Martha.

I don’t know about you, but when I think of all the incredible women God has placed in my life, and how there is never enough time to enjoy them, it thrills me to think that I will spend eternity with my sisters in Christ! I bask in the thought of it!

The Perfect Gift? It’s really not the bracelet at all! The perfect gift is the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”

John 3:16 NLT

A Story behind the Story: 

My very first ladies group experience was in the Grace Brethren Church where I came to believe in Jesus Christ and accepted God’s gift of eternal life at the age of eight. When I was twelve, I joined S.M.M., a group for teen and pre-teen girls. The acronym stands for Sisters of Mary & Martha…and that is what we ARE! (won’t it be fun to meet them in heaven?!)

The perfect gift is the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. @Grit_Grace
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Three Reasons You Need Jesus

 

You can sing Jesus Loves Me, but it’s more than a song. You wonder if life can be different. You wonder if it’s just enough to respect who Jesus was. Do you really need Him?

Yes, and here are three reasons why:

1. Because the Nothing Takes the Emptiness Away

You may have been an unplanned pregnancy. (I was.) You may have grown up with feelings that you aren’t enough. (I did.) Maybe you’ve tried to find happiness from people or things. (Done that, too, and failed.) Maybe you question if striving for happiness will ever bring it into your life. (It won’t.)

Inside there is a void. There’s an empty feeling that tells you things aren’t OK, even if you have a smile plastered to your face. In your mind there is a clanging—like a hammer against a bell. Ringing out the regrets. You’ve done things you hope no one, no one, will find out.

Jesus already knows. The Bible says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). He’s seen it ALL, and He still loves you—more than you can ever know.

2. Because You Can’t Do Life Alone

You weren’t made to take a solo journey. You weren’t made to have to try to figure it out all by yourself. Jesus not only wants to be there to give you strength, help, hope, love. He wants to give you Himself. He wants to be your best friend. He believes in you. He believes in the best in you. He doesn’t see you as you are, but who you will be when He gets His hands on you.

3. Because You Long for a Happily-Ever-After

Even though fairytales are things of books, you want to have something to look forward to. You want a love that will last. You want a future you can eagerly anticipate. You want to have someone you can trust forever. You want joy in a world of sadness, and peace in a world of restlessness.

The best part of Jesus being there yesterday, today, and for all eternity is that He’s had time to think of you and plan an amazing life—and eternity—for you.

Psalm 40:5 says, “O LORD my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.”

Psalm 33:1 says, “But the LORD’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.”

If you’re ready to 1) allow Jesus into that emptiness, 2) turn over your life into His hands, and 3) place hope in the plans He has for your life and your eternity, then here’s a simple prayer.

Dear Jesus, I know that You created me with a need that only You—as my Lord—can fill.

I place my life in your hands.

I believe you lived on earth, died for me, and that your death paid for my sins.

I trust that from this moment Your shed blood covers over all I’ve done and gives me a clean slate.

By faith I accept what you’ve done as a free gift—a gift I’ll never have to work for or try to make up.

From this moment I turn in my dreams for yours, and I accept your gift of eternity.

I confess you are Lord of my life. Amen.

If you’ve prayed this prayer today, can you let me know? Also, if you know a Christian, personally tell him or her about your decision and ask for help in finding a good Bible-believing church. Also start reading God’s Word for yourself. (Try Bible Gateway if you don’t have a Bible at home.)

I’m thrilled about your decision, and I know your life will never be the same!

Three reasons you need Jesus. @Grit_Grace @TriciaGoyer
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It’s a Blender, and We Are New!

One of the best things about Christmas is unwrapping the presents. New clothes. New jewelry. Or in my case, this year, a new blender. Having something new is always fun. I feel special when I wear something new. And as for the blender, I just made the creamiest peppermint fudge ever, pulverized oatmeal into flour like nobody’s business, and created a frappuccino recipe I wager will rival anything you’ll find at your local Starbuck’s. Hear this: Me and my blender know no bounds when it comes to creativity in the kitchen.

But some new things aren’t so easy to embrace–like, for example, a new me–one that doesn’t complain so much or isn’t so self-centered or doesn’t yell at my kids. It’s that time of year when slogans like “New Year, New You” and “New Beginnings” abound, but I don’t always want to let go of the person I am. At my age, change isn’t easy. After all, at 39, I was just beginning to feel comfortable in my own skin. Suddenly, all these new gadgets and new ways of thinking and new beauty products (God help me) want me to be someone different. Yet change is the one thing that tells us we’re alive. If we’re not growing, we’re dying. So despite my resistance, I am praying this year that God will help me see what he is doing and lead me where he is working.

Even if it means I get blenders for Christmas and have to start using Retin-A at night.

With God, I welcome the new year.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland. (Isaiah 43:19)

I welcome it with open arms because in 2014 my youngest child will finish kindergarten, my oldest will enter high school, and I will turn 40. I’m launching a scary-big business endeavor and planning to travel to China for my first-ever mission trip. So much “new” is coming my way.

I want to wake up every day and unwrap the morning in hopeful expectation of what is yet to come. Because ten years ago, if you had told me I was getting a blender for Christmas and would be excited about it, I would have said, “You’re crazy.” And yet it is new, and I am different, and I am hopeful, and this blender isn’t just for mashing up my food.

It is a blender, and we are new.

Life is a blender. @Grit_Grace @chanlynnadams
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Build A Dream Team

January, tis the month to start fresh. All kinds of new projects and new goals launch this month. We start exercise programs and nutrition regimes. We begin journals. We plan to read the Bible in a year and make quiet time a priority. We start classes and want to learn new skills. We make all kinds of promises to ourselves. “This year I will. . .” It seems we want to flip more than just a calendar page. We want to flip our lives around as well. New projects, ideas and adventures, it’s the perfect moment to reboot and start fresh.

But how many of these new things come to fruition? Do we follow through? I fall short of my plans by mid-January some years. A truly successful year may be when I am still chugging along in February. My projects and ideas will fizzle if I don’t take one very careful step into consideration: FIND HELP! Just about anything I want to accomplish will go better, more smoothly, and with more creativity if I GET HELP!

I create a Dream Team, a hand picked collection of friends willing to help me achieve my goal or project. I have done this many times over. One year I asked a two friends to help me with exercise, we met weekly for a walk. I was encouraged and the habit stuck. Another year I had a big writing project to tackle, so I assembled a team willing to pray for me. I kept them updated with weekly emails. This kept me accountable. I checked in with progress reports as well as asked for specific prayer needs.

A team can help in all kinds of ways big and small. Big: bringing you dinner or doing the babysitting while you work on your project. Small (but important) offering words of encouragement when the task at hand seems overwhelming or you are stuck.

Whatever big plans you have this year, consider doing them with a team of support behind you. Think through who could help you accomplish your project or goal. It maybe be as simple as asking one friend to pray for you. Or as complex as finding a life coach to guide you through. Getting support is not a sign of weakness, on the contrary, it is a smart move forward in a new venture.

New is exciting! Why not share the thrill? This year as you launch into something new, share the process with a dream team of support. Everyone wants a cheering section! Building your own dream team will give you that little edge that makes your plans a reality rather than a wish.

Create a dream team to stay on target with your goals! @Grit_Grace
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Lisa Elliott’s Song

Every day I will pray and let God do the work He needs to do in me. Be not afraid . . . Lisa Elliott is a survivor! 

Above is a quote from Lisa Elliott’s testimony. And she truly is a survivor.

Her mother abandoned Lisa when she was three, leaving her in the hands of an abusive father. It wasn’t until she was 18 that Lisa was able to escape her father. But life didn’t get easier from there — having no where to go, Lisa lived on the streets and got involved in unhealthy relationships and habits. At the age of 24, Lisa found out she was pregnant. She tried to be the mother she always wanted, but she knew she couldn’t and gave her child up for adoption.

A few years later, Lisa received the news that she had brain cancer. She’s undergone a number of surgeries and therapies since, but God has seen her through it all. In the midst of incredible trials,  Lisa found hope in the redeeming and healing relationship with God. Through every step of the way, Lisa relies on the strength and power of God.

Today, Lisa still battles brain cancer, but she knows she is in God’s hands. Please keep Lisa in your prayers as she will be having another surgery for her brain cancer next week.

Below are lyrics to a song Lisa wrote to express some of the pain and healing she’s experienced in her life. You can learn more about Lisa at her blog, Dance Like A Ballerina.

Scars

Verse 1.

I see your eyes Cry.

I see your heart break.

I see the wounds all over you.

You cover the scars so no one will see

The pain that you’ve been through.

The wounds show the hurt.

And the tears that you cried;

You think that your days are done.

But you remember a love

That is stronger than pain and you know

You’re the reason He’s come.

Verse 2:

If you look at your scars

And then look His,

You’ll see that they are the same.

He was beaten and torn.

By the ones that He loved and through this.

He understands your pain.

Chorus:

The wounds show the hurt.

And the tears that you cried;

You think that your days are done.

But you remember a love

That is stronger than pain and you know

You’re the reason He’s come.

{Instrumental}

The wounds show the hurt.

And the tears that you cried;

You think that your days are done.

But you remember a love

That is stronger than pain and you know

You’re the reason He’s come.

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But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. –Psalm 103:17-19 (NIV)

Learn about Lisa Elliott's incredible testimony on Pearl Girls' blog @Grit_Grace
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