Although today’s prayer is for those who are mourning any loss, my heart is particularly heavy for those who are experiencing the loss of a loved one. I’d like to share a personal message that I wrote for a friend as she sat by her mother’s hospice bedside. The Scripture verses and reflection brought her much comfort—I pray they comfort you as well.

In this podcast, Charles and I discuss embracing the joy of the Lord amid suffering, guarding our spiritual fervor and pursuing our callings during seasons of sickness, and how the Lord led me to write Incurable Faith.

What blessings, challenges, and challenges that are actually blessings (although you might realize it at first) will this year hold for you? A week after my book launched, I endured another series of serious health complications: COVID-pneumonia, a dangerous blood infection, hospitalization, and a lengthy road to recovery that I am still navigating. (You can learn more in my LIFE Today TV interview here…)

Today, I’m enduring my second season of cancer treatments, and stoic silence is not an option. Expressing my heartache, confusion, and sorrows connects my prayers with the compassionate heart of the Father. The process of lament leads me beyond my pain and feelings of despair and into the joys of rich fellowship with Christ.

Have you ever asked, “God, why haven’t You healed me yet?” Perhaps you even wonder if God still performs miracles. Both God’s Word and life experience have taught me that God’s miraculous power operates in many ways…

Are you afraid of sharks? I am. Or I was. You might think, "Sharks? Why should I be afraid of them? I don't even swim!" But we all have fears, and sometimes we don't even realize what they are until we encounter them. Fears can entrap us like sharks circling and ready to strike.