
Episode 18 The Joy of Life…and Death
Kim and Bill Sarniak on how Christian’s 105 days changed their life, the emotions of knowing your baby will die, choosing life, making the most of every day, and cherishing the memory of life.
Kim and Bill Sarniak on how Christian’s 105 days changed their life, the emotions of knowing your baby will die, choosing life, making the most of every day, and cherishing the memory of life.
After tragedy struck Job’s life, he moved into the natural and normal period of questioning. Then, as we saw last time, God rescued Job from his downward spiral and refocused his vision. Job was looking at his situation; God said, “Time to look at me.” With his eyes on the person and character of God, Job responds.
When your world begins to shake, you can go in one of two directions. You can turn to God and trust him to steady you. Or you can turn away from God and conclude he doesn’t care…maybe, he doesn’t even know what to do, so you’re better off on your own. At the end of the day, here’s the question: Which way will you turn?
Ever feel like quitting? Ever feel like all the effort is not worth it? In this episode Lindsey Hanlon shows us what perseverance is all about as she shares her story as a Division I swimmer at the University of Pittsburgh and University of South Carolina, wife, mom, and influencer.
The room was tense as we sat around folding tables in a small room at our church. One person had said something to hurt another person. We were there to make things right—to seek and grant forgiveness. Those are hard meetings, and on this day, forgiveness never came. The exchange was sharp; the emotions were high. After much discussion, prayer, and reading Scripture, one person got up and stormed out of the room. He never set foot in our church again.