fruitful emptiness: a beautiful life

The Lunch Break Diaries

Scripture reflection: Philippians 4:8

If you’ve ever tried to get pregnant, odds are you’ve experienced disappointment at least once. Your body feels different one month and you’re thinking, this could be it, only to be disappointed a day or two later. Actually, if you’ve ever wanted anything in your life, odds are you’ve experienced disappointment one way or another, at least once. Sometimes twice. And then there are those of us, the lucky ones, who experience it more times than we care to remember.

I had an experience like this not too long ago. After being disappointed so many times, you get a little glum. Last week, I wrote about what the word hope has meant to me through this journey, but even with that kind of mentality one can’t help but feel sad every now and then. One can’t help but be human. Faith and hope makes one resilient…

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