How have you responded to difficult news? We are only a phone call away from receiving a message that could rock our world. Jesus doesn’t mince words with the disciples. Following Him can mean real hardship that requires endurance, allegiance, and courage. There may not be a parade of onlookers to cheer us on when we make decisions that honor Jesus.
“The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its loss will bring: these are a few of the paradoxes we must hold as human beings. If we refuse to hold them in the hopes of living without doubt, despair, and pain, we also find ourselves living without hope, faith, and love.” - Excerpt, Praying Like Monks by Tyler Staton
“I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I am finding that when I choose to let go of my sometimes petty and superficial wishes and trust that my life is precious and meaningful in the eyes of God something really new, something beyond my own expectations begins to happen for me.”
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