A Hopeful Walk Through the Darkest Valley

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A Hopeful Walk Through the Darkest Valley By Col. Carlyle "Smitty" Harris (Bible Gateway Blog) I celebrated my ninetieth birthday in 2019. What a gift life is! What an honor to live such a long and wonderful life. My health is excellent, and my soul is even better. I have been participating in an annual study of the effects of my years as a POW for the past thirty years. Each summer, Louise and I travel to Pensacola, Florida, to participate in the voluntary study with 180 other POWs. It is a very extensive physical exam, with thorough blood work and testing of every kind. The information gathered is compared to that gained from other groups of pilots and peers who have not been in the prison camps of North Vietnam.... Continue Reading Your Life Is Not Your Own By Myron L. Rolle, MD, MSc (Bible Gateway blog) A few days before the end of 2019, my wife Latoya came to Boston to celebrate New Year's. She still had to finish her dental residency in Birmingham, forcing us, for the moment, to live apart. The moment she walked through the door, her presence made the utilitarian apartment feel like a home. One night, as she got ready for a hospital holiday party, I listened from another room ... Continue Reading The Gift of Rest By Touré Roberts (Bible Gateway blog) Everything great that has ever happened to me in life occurred when I somehow found myself in the place of rest. I mean everything, from book deals to viral teaching messages, entertainment and business opportunities, even meeting and marrying the love of my life. It all happened when I entered the space of rest. Now I think it's important for me to define what I mean by rest, because it may not be what you're thinking.... Continue Reading   - Looking for more? For more helpful articles, deal notices, and book samples, subscribe to one or more of the following email newsletters published by Zondervan Books: Faith in Action monthly newsletter Growth monthly newsletter Lives Transformed monthly newsletter Relationships monthly newsletter Boundaries weekly newsletter featuring content from Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries. - Follow Zondervan Books for more!  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. If you have questions or comments about this email, please contact us.   Manage all Bible Gateway subscriptions — Opt Out of all Bible Gateway communication -