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September 25, 2020

Lasting Beauty

Sherri Pickett (California, USA)

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Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - Proverbs 31:30 (NIV)

My life has not been the same since my breast cancer diagnosis. When I look in the mirror, I do not like what I see. I feel like I have aged 10 years. My hair is short and receding, thin on the top and speckled with gray. My eyelashes and...

Today's Prayer
Dear Lord, help us to maintain a strong relationship with you through tough times, for our good and the good of others. Amen.
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Isaiah 40:28-31

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Today I will seek to see Christ in myself.

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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

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