by Emily Conrad | Apr 18, 2019 | Emily Conrad, Enduring a Lengthy Wait, faith, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, truth, truth versus lies, waiting with Jesus
by Emily Conrad Years ago, I learned a fact from a Stephen King novel that has proven itself true not only in the physical word, but also in my emotional and spiritual life.The fact is, the longer a rope or line is, the more likely it is to break under stress. This...
by Emily Conrad | Apr 11, 2019 | Emily Conrad, Enduring a Lengthy Wait, expectations, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, hope, waiting with Jesus
by Emily Conrad I learned from a Stephen King novel that the longer a rope or line is, the more likely it is to break under stress.I read that novel years ago, but the idea came back to me when a novelist friend and I were talking about how rejections and waiting have...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Jun 7, 2018 | Emily Conrad, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, On Waiting and Working Through Times of Change, waiting with Jesus
by Emily Conrad I’ve never done well with change, and there seems to be a lot of it right now. Maybe not change outright, but a certain shifting is underway. Perhaps the most pronounced shift happened Sunday morning at 6 AM, when we delivered our international student...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Feb 15, 2018 | Emily Conrad, Here's to Hope, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, Hope in Jesus Christ
by Emily ConradInspired by my mom, whose orchid plant rebloomed after years of faithfully administering ice cubes each week, I invested in some orchids of my own.When I bring an orchid plant home from the grocery store, it’s full of beautiful buds. Whether we’re...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Nov 16, 2017 | 5 waiting Room Observations, Emily Conrad, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, how to enjoy the wait for dreams to come true, Waiting is better when, waiting with Jesus
5 Waiting Room Observations by Emily Conrad On Friday at about 7 AM, I traveled with my younger brother to Chicago. My mom, dad, and sister had left in a separate car about fifteen minutes before.If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you may know why we made the...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | May 2, 2017 | Emily Conrad, faith through trials, Holding on to Hope in the Waiting, keeping the faith, listening to God's voice, waiting with Jesus
by Emily Conrad I sat in my parents’ backyard, waiting to spot the owls that had nested there. A cardinal landed, brilliant red against the new spring grass, and I contented myself with photographing him. When I refocused on the tall pines before me, their...
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