identity, whatever it is, do them before God in do, or what someone else did or didn’t do. What of God, and that’s why I called this book “The
a secret place and it’s really special. Then you is it saying if you just get rid of all bitterness and Golden Thread” because it’s seen, but we have
can walk into a new season acknowledging be kind and compassionate to one another? to look for it. Don’t miss the faithfulness of God
what God’s done in the past, being thankful, To give one another just what Christ gave you. in your hardest situation.
and then on a bedrock of thanksgiving we walk I need to be quick to this decision, and that into a new day much healthier. means then our journey is defined by kindness. [WM] As leaders, it is easy to let our journey [WM] What don’t you want people to miss her to write it to me, about the love of God to
be defined by people and not God. How do we that God is saying to you and through you in me, before I was diagnosed. So, when I was
break that cycle? this book? diagnosed with cancer, she was like, “You
A friend started a book (journal) for me when
I was sick, and said the Holy Spirit had told
know, God’s given me a book to write for you
[Darlene] It’s hard. I’m not saying it’s easy. I [Darlene] I don’t want them to miss that God about His love for you, that’s what it’s all about.”
think that the older I get I realize we’ve got to is faithful. I write in here about my grandson You can imagine what that did in my heart. I’ve
be gentler with each other because we’re all and autism, and it’s hard. I don’t want them kept writing in that book, and I’ve got a new
walking through stuff. Even the person you look to miss that in the midst of hard, where are book now because that one is full. It’s full of the
at as the most together, most clean, they’re you looking? What are you looking at? I could faithfulness of God, and I’m getting emotional
all walking through stuff. I think forgiveness choose to look at a lot of things, I could choose about it, but she was the one that helped me
towards ourselves, toward each other, I think to look at the unfairness of life, but life isn’t fair. go, “Okay, we’re about to walk into the hardest
it’s more than an event, it’s got to be part of our That’s not what life is about, if it’s fair or unfair. thing of your life, but God is faithful.” And I had
daily routine. That way whether it’s yourself or Life wasn’t fair for Jesus, life is complex. So I to get to that point, whether I live or die, God
others you’re bringing that focus back to the could look there or I could actually look up at is faithful, and I don’t want anyone to miss it.
Lord which means you can define the moment the faithfulness of God, and I think there is so Excuse me for being passionate, but I am!
by His grace rather than what you did or didn’t much that we don’t see about the faithfulness
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