By Sarah Geringer, Crosscards “Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” Hebrews 10:23 (NLT) Even on the grayest late-winter days, I find signs of hope at the base of a mighty oak tree. Because I battle a form of depression known as seasonal affective […]
By Nicki Koziarz, Cross Cards “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 (NIV) If I’ve learned anything about hard seasons, it’s that they can make you feel like life has been completely drained out of you. There’s a […]
By Marry Kassian, Cross Cards “Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will triumph in Yahweh; I will rejoice in […]
By Kelly Barbrey, Cross Cards “The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail.” Isaiah 58:11(NRSV) I like to think of myself as a glass-half-full kind of girl. But on that […]