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Love and Obedience: Heather and Jeff Smyth
It’s not every day that you hear someone say that cancer was all part of God’s better plan for her, but that’s exactly what Heather Smyth believes. Heather was just out of Bible school when, as a 24 year old, she was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of…
Suffering is a Gift … Huh?
Suffering is a Gift… Huh? One of those strange phrases that we say to maybe sound poetic or wise…right alongside, ‘everything happens for a reason…’ I have some trouble accepting these phrases. Why? Because I think they’re a bit too shallow…and only phrases that people who 1) haven’t gone through…
Bouncing Back When Life Doesn’t Turn Out As Planned
If you were following along this summer, I wrote a series for See Hear Love about making the most of your summer. It was about food and family and fun. I planned on doing a lot of that. We have a house in Nova Scotia and that, my friends, is God’s country. We are right on the…