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The Great Unanswerable

June 16, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2

The following was originally posted in 2013, two weeks before a young friend died of cancer. Heaven gained another young woman this past weekend, when a missionary family here in Nicaragua lost their daughter in a freak accident. God used the situation to remind me of His challenge last fall and that it is still […]

Filed Under: + Craving Justice, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: cancer, death, prayer

Loving Through the Pain

April 22, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

They found a way to love him through their pain

I’ve been participating in an online Bible study through IF:Equip, and we’ve been studying the gospel of John for the past few months. These past few sections of the text have caused me to reconsider that first Easter morning. Check out this particular part: After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of […]

Filed Under: + Craving Justice, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: Easter, Gospel of John, pain

Rights Revealed

March 3, 2014 By Wendy Willard · 2 Comments ·

“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.”

Because we weren’t legal residents of Nicaragua until recently, we spent the first 16-months here on 90-day tourist visas. We were allowed to request an additional 90-day extension, but only once in a six-month period (and it wasn’t guaranteed to be granted). So, there were several days when we ventured to the immigration office to […]

Filed Under: + Craving Justice, + Not of This World · Tagged With: entitlement, Nicaragua, personal responsibility

The Cost

February 17, 2014 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

“My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus’ words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. ” - David Platt

A couple of events in recent months have caused us to be mindful of the risks we face every day. When we are enjoying our backyard banana trees, or our frontyard swimming pool, it’s easy to ignore the “dangers” lurking in the cries for help around us. And then we hear another story that reminds […]

Filed Under: + Craving Justice, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: jail, missionaries, robbery

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