Over and over we have seen how much Jesus longs to give us abundant lives and yet today we find ourselves not celebrating at a wedding, but mourning at a funeral. Now I am certain none of you came to this blog post because you were worried about missing the hardest parts of life—the suffering, the pain, the trials, the conflict, the darkness. But what if in trying to miss the hardest parts of life we are also missing the best? Last week I was given a beautiful and rare gift: a day with a woman who has suffered greatly. She is … [Read more...]