How could I find it in my current circumstances? While meeting God in my brokenness, I’d already discovered that church wasn’t what I grew up thinking it was—a building on Sunday mornings. Was it possible that growing my faith involved something other than the list of to-dos? Isaiah 55:11 says that God’s Word always does the work he sends it to do: “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” This can be hard for us to understand because we usually think about doing the work
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