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A new year is here and everywhere we look we see references to resolutions and goals. At our core, we yearn for the purpose for which God has wired us. We want to embrace the year ahead as one of making strides toward living out our greatest purpose. Setting goals is critical, resolutions can be…
This month is National Adoption Month. As many of you know, we are an adoptive family. Our youngest, Selah, was adopted in April of 2011 when she was just two months short of 5 years old. Adoption is a gift – a miracle of God’s unfailing love. A love we are humbled by and thankful for. So, on this day before Thanksgiving, I want to give tribute to God, adoption, and family.
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This week’s topic in the series is “Betrayal and Lessons Learned”. Learning lessons from betrayal is nothing we stand in line for, but the learning and growth we can make from these seasons can bring us a strength we never knew we possessed.
“When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there’s no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you’ll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You’ll no longer be so full of questions. John 16:21-23 MSG
Betrayal stinks. However, as much as it stinks, if we do the work, God will use that pain to create a good. It is a good that we most likely won’t recognize in the midst of the hurt, but a good that will someday amount to more than we can ever imagine.
“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success.” – William Saroyan
From the vantage point of today, I have a clearer view of the pain of my yesterdays.
Thank you for joining me for the continuation of “7 Truths to Remember About Betrayal”! If you missed the first installments you can find them here: Week 1 – An overview. What are the 7 truths? Week 2 – Guilt Week 3 – Identity And if you are new here and haven’t gotten my companion…
… He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 (NLT) I remembered going to sleep that night with a smile of hope….
The other week I wrote a post titled “When Betrayal Threatens to Shatter Your Confidence” (find it here). The response I received was big and it told me we all share this pain. No one is exempt. Because I believe betrayal erodes the very essence of our belief that life is good, I felt compelled…
