The Cross on the Hillside
The fire spread to more than 750 acres, but the Ridgecrest Conference Center is still standing–overlooked by a beautiful white cross high on the hillside.
God’s grace surrounds us all. Sometimes we see it through everyday miracles that take our breath away. The grace of God can be a shelter from the tumult of the world, a comforting reminder that grace is a free gift given so generously to each of us.
The fire spread to more than 750 acres, but the Ridgecrest Conference Center is still standing–overlooked by a beautiful white cross high on the hillside.
As children of the Lord, we are welcome to approach Him with our shortcomings–and not just for comfort when we don’t perform as well as we’d like or when we make an innocent mistake. He longs for us to come to Him with our tough stuff. Our willful trespasses. Our unloveliness. Our rebellion. Our all-out sin.
Winter passes. New life breaks the barren and presses through. We’re children of the Lord. We have hope because in Him, struggle will not last forever. Whether it ends in this life or when we’ll exist in the endless realm of eternity with the Lord, winter will pass.
Jesus wants to be our anchor–someone we turn to and depend on especially when the seas are tossing us around. He can keep us anchored!
God tailors his wonders to our personalities and backgrounds. Each miracle, no matter how big or small, is a masterpiece when you really stop and think about it. Post a photo that you think best captures God’s miracles and wonder on the blog page or on Facebook.
Our spirit is renewed with hope as we consider God’s awesome handiwork.
He cut open the box. There was no bill, no indication of who had ordered the Bibles or why they’d been sent to him.
It was a winter of record snowfall in many places this year. But spring at last! The big thaw begins. So it is with our human natures when we accept Christ. There is warmth and renewal.
How God comforts us with little miracles at just the right time–in this case a familiar, comforting song in the operating room, right before brain surgery.
Her grandson was struggling with a rare and life-threatening genetic condition, and she felt all alone. She was soon reminded that someone was watching over them both.
When you connect with a Mysterious Ways story, you realize you’re not alone in this world, from coping with a family member’s addiction to the death of a spouse.