Joanie Shawhan (Wisconsin, USA)
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Sign Up TodayEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. - James 1:17 (NIV)
The warmth of the sun lured me to the window. I noticed long shadows stretching across the snow-covered ground from barren trees blocking the light. A breeze rustled the branches and shifted the patches of darkness. As I observed the contrast, it dawned on me that shadows only occur in...
Even when I feel overcome by shadows, I can find slivers of God’s light.
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