"Simon, Simon, [Peter] behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." Luke 22:31-32 (New American Standard Bible) I have just come out of an intense time of sifting. I have been greatly encouraged with a portion of a sermon I read three summers ago by … [Read more...] about The Lapidary’s Cut
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A Healed Scar
"Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders..." Revelation 5:6 (NIV)Just one week after I had left Congo for college and a new life in the United States-the land that had gotten into my blood after eight years of living there-I was involved in a major vehicle accident. From that accident, I … [Read more...] about A Healed Scar
