by Emily Conrad | Dec 19, 2019 | Christmas, faith through trials, hope, light, When I Call Dad for Help
by Emily ConradWhen we decided on a real tree this year, I had no concerns about our stock of Christmas lights with which to illuminate the tree.A mass of lights–colorful! white! icicle! extra large!–lay tangled in the basement, waiting for their moment to...
by Emily Conrad | Aug 22, 2019 | A Harvest After Hope Falters, Emily Conrad, hope, Resting in God's love
by Emily ConradMy hopes for my vegetable garden have been somewhat disappointed in that I thought by mid-August I’d bring in enough produce to share. With the exception of a couple of cucumbers, that hasn’t been the case. The heirloom tomatoes and...
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 Emily Conrad | Mar 21, 2019 | Emily Conrad, encouragement, faith through trials, hope, the valley of broken dreams
by Emily Conrad On the way to urgent care, I told my husband the pain in my wrist was like the pain of holding a plank in Pilates class. Only, in Pilates class, I could drop to the mat when the burn got too intense. All the discomfort would dissipate. But as I sat in...
by emilyconrad@sbcglobal.net | Jun 22, 2017 | Emily Conrad, hope, Life Lessons from a, Life Lessons from a Left for Dead Hydrangea
by Emily ConradOn June fourth, I walked through the grocery store and saw a wilted hydrangea plant on an odd, wooden, makeshift rack as tall as myself, waiting for a home.It had been marked down from $9.99 to $2.99 but was so dehydrated, I wasn’t sure it would...
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