Renovations
The ringing hammer and whirring saw blade have me thinking about renovations in my own life. I want the updated character and a more beautiful external appearance, but I often want it right now and don’t want to do the required work.
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The ringing hammer and whirring saw blade have me thinking about renovations in my own life. I want the updated character and a more beautiful external appearance, but I often want it right now and don’t want to do the required work.
In reading I Take You in Sickness & in Health, we learned to truthfully communicate our feelings and discovered we both needed kindness.
No matter your season, it has beauty and purpose despite the painful parts. God IS working all things for good (Rom. 8:28). Remember that He has made everything beautiful in its time.
A letter to the parents with chronic illness - you are not a failure - your sickness has not lessened who you are, but has added to it.