Finding Those Nuggets of Beauty in the Midst of Dark Days

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Finding Those Nuggets of Beauty in the Midst of Dark Days By Kim Taylor Henry (Bible Gateway Blog). "No matter how awful my day has been, there are always some gifts of beauty in it, however small. Every night I review my day and ask God to help me find them, and He always does." When I heard those words from a friend who's battling a serious illness, a memory rose and settled gently on my mind.... Continue Reading The One Great Sin that All Others Come from By Kyle Idleman (Bible Gateway Blog). Imagine a man who has been coughing constantly. This cough keeps him up half of the night and interrupts any conversation he has that lasts more than a minute or two. The cough is so unrelenting that he goes to the doctor. The doctor runs his tests. Lung cancer. Now imagine the doctor knows how tough the news will be to handle. So he doesn't tell his patient ... Continue Reading The Key to a Real, Unshakable Faith By Charles Colson (Bible Gateway Blog). Boris Kornfeld is the great paradox personified. A Jew who betrayed the faith of his fathers. A doctor whose years of training were senselessly wasted. A political idealist whose utopian vision led only to a barren Siberian prison. A prisoner who gave up his life for nothing more than a loaf of stolen bread. In every one of these areas, Boris Kornfeld was a failure—at least in the world's system of values. Yet God ... Continue Reading The Source of True Hope By Cynthia Ruchti (Bible Gateway Blog). "What is it about this family and hope?" my youngest grandson asked. "We have a cousin named Hope, and there's hope everywhere in this house!" I love his exuberance on the subject. Ours is a house filled with hope. It shows up in ... Continue Reading   - Want more? Subscribe to one or more of the following devotional email newsletters published jointly by Bible Gateway and Zondervan: Boundaries (weekly) Investigating Faith with Lee Strobel (weekly) The Daniel Plan (weekly) Christine Caine (weekly) The Daniel Prayer (a 5-day devotional journey) The Seven Money Types (a 9-day Bible study) Care Instructions for a Life Worth Living with John Ortberg (weekly) - join Zondervan on social media  This email was sent to mucomacamucomaca.muco@blogger.com by Bible Gateway, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA. This email is part of a devotional or newsletter that you signed up for on BibleGateway.com. For information regarding our privacy policy, click here. If you have questions or comments about this newsletter, please contact us. Manage all Bible Gateway subscriptions — Opt Out of all Bible Gateway communication -