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I see the ugliness in myself all the time. We ling as we don’t head into shame and condemnation over it but into gratitude for God’s grace and forgiveness, then we’re heading in the right direction.

Kit had been honest about divulging confidential information, and it was clear she wasn’t going to rehash her indiscretion or keep apologizing. The next move toward reconciliation, Wren knew, was Heres to make.

Christmas was the time of the year when everything was amplified, the joys and sorrows, the celebration and the grief, the gift of community and the pain of isolation. That’s why it was so important to be mindful of Advent …for keeping watching in the darkness, naming the anguish of waiting, and pressing forward with hope

Jesus knew there was also healing in telling the story and having someone listen with compassion. Jesus didnt need to hear the details; the father needed to speak them (referencing Mark 9:21)

There was nothing she could do to fix it, nothing she could do to alleviate the pain, nothing she could do.

You can pray some would reply. You can trust God.

She did. But that didn’t mean he would fix it, either.